It hurts not having ambassadors, says US Army commander in Europe
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Source: Politico
‘Now is a bad time not to have an ambassador in Germany,’ says Lieutenant General Ben Hodges.
By David M. Herszenhorn
7/19/17, 9:22 PM CET
BEZMER AIR BASE, Bulgaria — The Trump administration’s slow pace in appointing ambassadors, which has left major posts vacant around the world, is hampering the ability to carry out American policy, the top U.S. army commander in Europe said.
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Trump has yet to nominate an ambassador to France, Germany or to the European Union — nor to Austria, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Hungary, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland or to United Nations posts in Geneva, Rome and Vienna, according to the American Foreign Service Association.
Trump has nominated ambassadors to NATO, the U.K., Italy, Belgium, Portugal, the Czech Republic, and the Holy See, but they are all still awaiting Senate confirmation. Dozens of other posts around the world are also vacant............................
Hodges, who leads roughly 67,000 U.S. troops stationed across Europe, said the absence of an ambassador was particularly notable in Germany, where U.S. Army Europe headquarters is located on a base in Wiesbaden.
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Why the slow pace??
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