Senate confirmation blitz includes 16 ambassadors, 11 other Trump appointees
by Susan Ferrechio | Nov 2, 2017, 7:07 PM
Senate Republicans cleared 27 Trump appointees on Thursday as part of a confirmation blitz that is expected to last for weeks.
The list, passed by voice vote, included 16 new ambassadors who will represent the United States in nations including Monaco, Haiti, Mauritania, Cameroon, Denmark, and Niger, where a deadly Islamic State ambush left four soldiers dead earlier this month.
Lawmakers also confirmed several assistants and under secretaries for the Departments of State and Energy as well as two nominees tapped to serve on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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