When Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, we did not have an ambassador in Egypt.
the Senate holds on ambassadorial nominees are harming our national interest.
Is there not also kind of an informal power that comes in the reverse if you do not have a confirmed nominee?
Holding up a nominee, particularly a career nominee for reasons unrelated to that individual's qualifications is somethi...
When the security situation in Haiti spiraled downward, we had no ambassador in place.
if we mattered to you, you would have someone here, right?
It seems like a big issue to me.
We had no ambassador in country. That coup has led to a government that now wants to kick the U.S. out.
Other nations do that and they have much better health outcome than we do.
if somebody on the Senate is holding you up, and it is secret, you do not even have the ability to...
Thanks, Chairman Sanders, thanks to the panel.
And that is not just for the political appointees.
I'm going to be in Appalachian, Virginia tomorrow visiting the Allegheny Highlands Dental Center.