Obama Names Large Campaign Donor Goldman Sachs Exec Bruce Heyman As Ambassador To Canada

[Purveyor]

By Agence France-Presse
Friday, September 20, 2013 2:53 EDT

US President Barack Obama named a Goldman Sachs executive and large campaign contributor as ambassador to Canada on Thursday amid potential rifts between the allies over the Keystone pipeline.

Bruce Heyman, managing director for private wealth management at the investment bank, lives in Obama’s base of Chicago and is a so-called “bundler” who raised funds for the president’s campaigns.

In a statement announcing Heyman and nominees for unrelated posts, Obama called them “experienced and committed individuals.” Heyman requires confirmation by the Senate.

Early reports of Heyman’s potential nomination — and the present absence of an ambassador in Ottawa — triggered criticism in the Canadian press, which asked if Obama was putting sufficient priority on the neighbor and ally.

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[PoliticAverse]

1. Does he at least speak Canadian?... n/t

[monmouth3]

2. Does Caroline Kennedy speak Japanese?..n/t

[PoliticAverse]

3. Well the Japanese apparently love a 'big name'...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/post/caroline-kennedys-ready-for-ambassadorship-and-japan-loves-a-big-name-in-the-tokyo-embassy/2013/02/28/c6613540-81c0-11e2-a350-49866afab584_blog.html

[jsr]

4. Wall Street Über Alles

as usual.