Asahi wrote that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved by a majority vote on Wednesday the nomination of former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to serve as the next ambassador to Japan, saying that the move was a major step toward his appointment. Noting that the committee advanced the nomination despite opposition from a few Democratic senators because many Republican committee members supported it, the paper said attention will now be focused on the vote to be held in the evenly divided Senate.
Senate committee approves Emanuel’s nomination as ambassador to Japan
- November 4, 2021
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