UPenn pres gets Biden ambassadorship nod (complaint says U/P failed to disclose China $millions)
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Joe Biden nominated the China-linked president of U of Pennsylvania to be US ambassador to Germany. Amy Gutmann is the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science...president of UPenn since 2004.
The NLPC filed a complaint against UPenn, alleging $22 million in anonymous donations for the Biden Center and $70 million from China in total. They stonewalled all inquiries into the id s of Chinese donors who made $22 million anonymous donations, NLPC Chairman Peter Flaherty told Fox News. We think it’s time for her to answer the question and identify the donors.
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President Joe Biden has nominated the China-linked president of the University of Pennsylvania to be the next U.S. ambassador to Germany.
Amy Gutmann is the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science and was praised by Fortune in 2018 as one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders, according to the university.
And she’s been president of UPenn since 2004. PHILADELPHIA, PA - JANUARY 15 : Vice President Joe Biden pictured alongside Dr. Amy Gutmann to launch a moonshot initiative to hasten a cure for cancer at the Penn Medicine s Abramson Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Pa., on Jan. 15, 2016 (Star Shooter/MediaPunch/IPX)
Biden Picks University of Pennsylvania Leader as Germany Envoy
Justin Sink and Jennifer Epstein, Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) President Joe Biden intends to nominate University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann as the U.S. ambassador to Germany, offering a political reward to the administrator who helped him launch a center for diplomacy during his years out of office.
Gutmann, 71, is among four envoy nominations announced Friday by the White House. Biden also said he would name international development policy expert Chantale Wong for director of the Asian Development Bank, and two career foreign service officers for ambassador posts: Jeffrey Hovenier to Kosovo, and Virginia Palmer to Ghana.
Until that time, I remain absolutely energized and engaged in leading Penn with an unrivaled leadership team and community of faculty, students, staff, and alumni, she said.
Her departure could create a vacuum in the university s leadership, as Penn s number two administrator Provost Wendell Pritchett is on a medical leave of absence as of July 1.
Gutmann still needs to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate and accepted by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
If confirmed, she would be the first woman to hold the position, stepping in to repair relations with an important ally after damage caused by President Donald Trump s administration.