US President Joe Biden is likely to nominate Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as America's new ambassador to India, according to media reports. He may announce the names of political ambassadors as soon as next week. According to reports in the US media, Biden expected to nominate Nicholas Burns as the ambassador to China and Rahm Emanuel and Tom Nides as ambassadors to Japan and Israel respectively.
However, the White House declined to comment on these possible names, saying no names have been stamped yet. The post of US Ambassador to India has been vacant since January 20. In the absence of a full-time ambassador, Daniel Smith visited India to serve as Charge d'Affaires, ad interim. the interim ambassador to the US. Last March, Biden presented with a list of names of potential ambassadors.
Eric, 50, served as co-chairman of Biden's campaign during the presidential election in November last year. He is currently serving as Mayor of the city of Los Angeles since 2013, being a member of the ruling Democratic Party. He is the first elected Jewish mayor of the city. Previously, it was discussed that Eric could be inducted into the cabinet.
The White House is still finishing the vetting process for potential ambassadors, which included Garcetti, following which, Biden is likely to formally send more than a dozen names to the Senate to begin the confirmation process for his first batch of political ambassadors, which also include appointments for France, Italy and Canada.
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