U.S. Senate confirmation hearing for Garcetti fixed for Tuesday
The Hindu
Five months after he was nominated to the post of U.S. Ambassador to India, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti will get a confirmation hearing with the U.S. Senate. Mr. Garcetti will appear before the Se
Five months after he was nominated to the post of U.S. Ambassador to India, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti will get a confirmation hearing with the U.S. Senate. Mr. Garcetti will appear before the Senate Foreign Relations committee on Tuesday, as per the Senate calendar.
The hearing, which comes five months after Mr Garcetti was nominated, has been held up like other Biden nominations, by Republican Senators, notably Ted Cruz, as leverage, to get Mr Biden to impose sanctions with regard to the Russia-Europe Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
Mr Garcetti, who has been mayor of Los Angeles since 2013, is a former intelligence officer from the U.S. Navy. His term as mayor ends in December 2022.