WASHINGTON (AP) President Joe Biden is giving serious consideration to nominating Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of President John F. Kennedy who served as ambassador to Japan during the Obama administration, to serve in a high-profile ambassadorial role, according to a person familiar with the deliberations.
Read more about Biden expected to nominate LA Mayor as US ambassador to India: Reports on Business Standard. President Joe Biden is expected to nominate Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, a trusted political ally, as America s next ambassador to India, according to media reports
Eric Garcetti, 50, served as the co-chair of Biden s presidential campaign. (File photo)
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President Joe Biden is expected to nominate Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, a trusted political ally, as America s next ambassador to India, according to media reports.
Biden is expected to announce the names of political ambassadors, including for India, as soon as next week, according to a report in Axios.
President Biden, a Democrat, is also expected to announce Nicholas Burns as the ambassador to China and Rahm Emanuel and Tom Nides as ambassadors to Japan and Israel respectively, the report in the American news website said on Wednesday.
The Democratic mayors of New York City, Baltimore and Los Angeles are among those now backpedaling on their vows to defund the police as they face fury from residents over crime.