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submitted 1 year ago by mwguy@infosec.pub to c/politics@lemmy.world

With Israel at war with Hamas, the Senate is moving urgently to fill key U.S. diplomatic posts throughout the Middle East — many of which have been sitting empty for months.

Most glaringly, the U.S. does not currently have an ambassador in Israel. That vacancy hobbles the Biden administration's ability to pursue a number of goals, from negotiating the release of U.S. hostages held by Hamas to easing the violence and preventing it from blossoming into a wider conflict.

It is "unprecedented" to have so many U.S. ambassador posts sit vacant for as long as they have this year, Farah Pandith, an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, told NPR. ...

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[-] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 37 points 1 year ago

For those wondering, Trump is largely the reason for so many vacancies.

[-] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Trump was behind many of the worst things that have happened in the United States over the last decade.

[-] Pistcow@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

He inherited the mantle from Reagan, who did a lot more damage.

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah the article is pretty poor for not explaining the reason why.

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