THE U-S SENATE HAS CONFIRMED IOWA NATIVE MATT WHITAKER AS U-S AMBASSADOR TO NATO.
WHITAKER IS A FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR AND HE SERVED AS ACTING U-S ATTORNEY GENERAL DURING PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FIRST ADMINISTRATION.
SENATOR JONI ERNST RECENTLY INTRODUCED WHITAKER TO THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE AHEAD OF HIS CONFIRMATION HEARING:
WHIT1 OC……..TO STEP UP.” :16
ERNST SAYS WHITAKER WILL BE AN EFFECTIVE ADVOCATE OF TRUMP’S PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH APPROACH TO NATIONAL SECURITY.
WHIT2 OC……….STRENGTHENING OUR ALLIANCES.” :19
ERNST AND WHITAKER WERE COMPETITORS FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY’S 2014 NOMINATION FOR THE U-S SENATE.
ERNST WON IOWA’S SENATE SEAT THAT YEAR, AND SAYS THE TWO HAVE DEVELOPED A STRONG FRIENDSHIP IN THE PAST DECADE:
WHIT3 OC…….AND WORLD TODAY.” :11
WHITAKER’S NOMINATION WAS APPROVED BY THE U-S SENATE ON A 52-TO-45 VOTE.
WHITAKER GREW UP IN ANKENY AND PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR THE IOWA HAWKEYES.
HE WAS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR STATE TREASURER IN 2002.
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