Biden once pledged to ensure only the 'best people possible' would serve as U.S. ambassadors abroad. A new study argues that's not the case.
at the time, did not rule out giving donors ambassadorships while on the campaign trail, he hasn't exactly bucked the trend, either. According to totals maintained by the American Foreign Service Administration, 39 percent of Biden's ambassadorial appointments were"political" appointments. And nearly all, the CLC report argues, bought their way in.
While federal law stresses the posts should normally go to career members of the U.S. Foreign Service, many of Biden's handpicked selections for ambassadorships lack any foreign policy experience at all, while some reportedly do not know the language of the country in which they are stationed. Newsweek reached out to the White House Press Office and the U.S. State Department via email for comment.
Despite inheriting a the role of fostering relations with a country in political upheaval, the certificate of competency Whitman submitted to members of theahead of her confirmation did not mention any expertise or experience in Kenya, or even the African continent.
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