Eric Garcetti, Biden's Choice For India Envoy, Gets Approval Of US Panel
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Eric Garcetti, who is Joe Biden's choice for the key envoy post, will now face a vote on the floor of the US Senate.
The foreign relations committee of the US Senate today voted in favour of former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti becoming ambassador of India. Garcetti, who is Joe Biden's choice for the key envoy post, will now face a vote on the floor of the US Senate.
The panel approved the nomination by a vote of 13-8, with Republican Senators Todd Young and Bill Hagerty joining all of the committee's Democrats in voting in favor of Garcetti.
"We did see the action on the part of the Senate today. We heartily applaud that. US needs a confirmed Ambassador in India. Our team on the ground, incl Charge d' Affaires, who have served in the place of an ambassador, have done extraordinary work," said US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price.
Garcetti's name had been cleared by the committee last year too, but the appointment did not go through due to allegations of sexual misconduct against some staff members in the his office.
