Former intel officer Garcetti named US envoy to India
1243 New Delhi, July 10 US President Joe Biden announced the nomination of Eric Garcetti as Ambassador to India. Garcetti served for 12 years as an intelligence officer in the US Navy Reserve Component, including a stint with the Defence Intelligence Agency and the Pacific Fleet, which is the US Navy’s sword-arm in the Quad. Worked with Pacific Fleet The Mayor of Los Angeles since 2013, he also served as a City Council member Garcetti was named Ambassador barely eight days after US Chargé d’ Affaires Atul Keshap took charge at the US embassy here. Garcetti was tipped to be the envoy to I...