The Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans to hold a hearing on Mike Huckabee’s nomination as U.S. ambassador to Israel on March 25, according to a source close to the former Arkansas governor and pro-Israel Baptist minister.
The Senate panel has yet to list the names of envoys who will have hearings during that Tuesday session.
The source close to Huckabee told JNS that a media report, which claimed that Democratic obstinance and liberal U.S. Jewish opposition delayed Huckabee’s advancement, is false.
The Senate panel has only held a handful of nomination hearings for ambassadorial selections thus far, with the Senate’s calendar largely tied up in more urgent business.
Huckabee is expected to encounter some Democratic resistance based on his opposition to a Palestinian state and his evangelical Christian views on the region. But the source close to the former governor told JNS that the Republican-controlled committee is expected to advance Huckabee’s nomination.
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The Senate panel has yet to list the names of envoys who will have hearings during that Tuesday session.
The source close to Huckabee told JNS that a media report, which claimed that Democratic obstinance and liberal U.S. Jewish opposition delayed Huckabee’s advancement, is false.
The Senate panel has only held a handful of nomination hearings for ambassadorial selections thus far, with the Senate’s calendar largely tied up in more urgent business.
Huckabee is expected to encounter some Democratic resistance based on his opposition to a Palestinian state and his evangelical Christian views on the region. But the source close to the former governor told JNS that the Republican-controlled committee is expected to advance Huckabee’s nomination.
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Hearing on Huckabee nomination for US envoy to Israel slated for March 25
Trump’s pick for ambassador to Israel is expected to meet some Democratic resistance, but will pass through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, according to a source close to him.
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