Patrick Leahy said "If Senator Metzenbaum is prepared to endorse Ambassador Talbott, then I fail to understand why any friend of Israel would withhold their support for this nomination. Mr. President, President Clinton wishes to have Ambassador Talbott to serve as Deputy Secretary on his foreign policy team. There are extremely important events taking place around the globe which materially affect U.S. foreign policy. We need to get our foreign policy team in place to deal with those events. I realize there will be some ``no'' votes today in protest against some statements Ambassador Talbott wrote as a journalist many years ago. That is very unfortunate. The vote should be unanimous. But if it is not to be unanimous, let us make it overwhelming. I urge all Senators to vote to confirm Ambassador Strobe Talbott as Deputy Secretary of State." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordFebruary 22, 1994

If Senator Metzenbaum is prepared to endorse Ambassador Talbott, then I fail to understand why any friend of Israel would withhold their support for this nomination. Mr. President, President Clinton wishes to have Ambassador Talbott to serve as Deputy Secretary on his foreign policy team. There are extremely important events taking place around the globe which materially affect U.S. foreign policy. We need to get our foreign policy team in place to deal with those events. I realize there will be some ``no'' votes today in protest against some statements Ambassador Talbott wrote as a journalist many years ago. That is very unfortunate. The vote should be unanimous. But if it is not to be unanimous, let us make it overwhelming. I urge all Senators to vote to confirm Ambassador Strobe Talbott as Deputy Secretary of State.

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Patrick Leahy

Democratic · Vermont

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Editor's note · Context

Leahy is advocating for the confirmation of Ambassador Strobe Talbott as Deputy Secretary of State.

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