New Delhi: A Senate committee has voted in favor of the nomination of former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. US Ambassador to India,
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the nomination on Wednesday by a vote of 13-8.
US President Joe Biden first nominated garsati to become ambassador to India in July 2021, and the committee initially signed him on in January 2022.
But after Garcetti knew about the allegations, his nomination has been in limbo for a year. sexual misconduct that one of his former top advisers committed and took no action to stop it.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the nomination on Wednesday by a vote of 13-8.
US President Joe Biden first nominated garsati to become ambassador to India in July 2021, and the committee initially signed him on in January 2022.
But after Garcetti knew about the allegations, his nomination has been in limbo for a year. sexual misconduct that one of his former top advisers committed and took no action to stop it.
That’s all you need to know about Eric Garcetti:
Eric Michael Garcetti Was born on February 4, 1971 in Los Angeles, California.- Garcetti is a member of the Democratic Party and was first elected in the 2013 election, then re-elected in 2017.
- He served as the 42nd Mayor of Los Angeles from 2013 to 2022 and was a member of the Democratic Party.
- Garcetti was the city’s first elected Jewish mayor and its second consecutive Mexican American mayor.
- He was elected as the youngest mayor in over 100 years, being 42 at the time of his inauguration.
- Garcetti served as President of the City Council from 2006 to 2012 and is a former member of the Los Angeles City Council.
- He endorsed Barack Obama in the early spring of 2007 and was the chairman of Southern California and one of six state co-chairs for the Obama campaign.
- Garcetti Yes is a vocal opponent of the California separatist movement and was speculated to run for president in 2020 but chose to end his term as mayor.
- In January 2020, he publicly supported Joe
Biden Was named a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination and for secretary of transportation in the Biden administration. - In July 2021, Joe Biden nominated Garcetti as the United States Ambassador to India.
- Garcetti has faced controversy for his handling of a sexual misconduct scandal involving his top adviser, Rick Jacobs, which has led to his nomination by some senators.
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