Senator Sam Brownback, a Republican legislator from Kansas, has placed a hold on President Obama's nominee to be US Ambassador to Turkey, Francis Ricciardone.
The August 5, 2010 Congressional Record (Senate Proceedings, page S6858) reported that Senator Brownback made the following statement: "I rise today to inform the body that I have placed a hold on Executive Calendar nomination No. 1051, the nomination of Ambassador Frank Ricciardone to be Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey."
U.S. Senators, by custom, are allowed to block (typically called a "hold") the adoption of presidential nominees for senior governmental posts. Senator Brownback has yet to offer a public explanation of why he took this action.
Issuing a statement following the announcement of the hold placed by Senator Brownback, Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), one of the major Armenian diaspora organizations in United States, wrote, "Senator Brownback's hold on Francis Ricciardone's nomination as U.S. Ambassador to Turkey underscores the challenges the Administration is facing as it seeks to manage an increasingly complex, strained, and unpredictable U.S.-Turkey relationship.”
Panarmenian.net
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