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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBiden to nominate Rahm Emanuel to serve as ambassador to Japan
President Biden will nominate former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel to serve as ambassador to Japan and R. Nicholas Burns to serve as ambassador to China, the White House announced Friday.
Emanuel previously worked as White House chief of staff in the Obama administration and served in the House of Representatives from 2003 to 2009. Bidens decision to tap Emanuel for one of the top diplomatic posts has been widely reported despite strong pushback from liberal Democrats who criticized his tenure as Chicago mayor, specifically how he handled the shooting death of Laquan McDonald, a Black teenager, by a White police officer
Burns is a professor at Harvards Kennedy School of Government. He has served as ambassador to NATO and to Greece and worked at the State Department as undersecretary of state for political affairs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/20/biden-nominate-rahm-emanuel-serve-ambassador-japan/
Emanuel previously worked as White House chief of staff in the Obama administration and served in the House of Representatives from 2003 to 2009. Bidens decision to tap Emanuel for one of the top diplomatic posts has been widely reported despite strong pushback from liberal Democrats who criticized his tenure as Chicago mayor, specifically how he handled the shooting death of Laquan McDonald, a Black teenager, by a White police officer
Burns is a professor at Harvards Kennedy School of Government. He has served as ambassador to NATO and to Greece and worked at the State Department as undersecretary of state for political affairs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/20/biden-nominate-rahm-emanuel-serve-ambassador-japan/
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Biden to nominate Rahm Emanuel to serve as ambassador to Japan (Original Post)
demmiblue
Aug 2021
OP
Just drove by that fool's house yesterday and was wondering what happened to this appointment
greenjar_01
Aug 2021
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greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)1. Just drove by that fool's house yesterday and was wondering what happened to this appointment
Fuck off to Tokyo, Rahm.
leftstreet
(36,098 posts)2. LOL friday afternoon ambassador news dump
hope he stays there forever
Bristlecone
(10,114 posts)3. I guess. Not sure why him or why there