Former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was confirmed by a divided Senate as the nation's next ambassador to India, 20 months after he was first nominated.
Former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was confirmed Wednesday by a divided Senate as the nation's next ambassador to India, 20 months after he was first nominated by President Joe Biden and after weathering doubts about his truthfulness in a sexual harassment scandal involving a top adviser during his time at City Hall.
With several Democratic defections, Garcetti's fate rested with enlisting Republicans in a chamber often divided along partisan lines He secured seven GOP votes to advance the nomination to a final vote. India, the world's most populous democracy, is continuing to buy oil from Russia, while Western governments move to limit fossil fuel earnings that support Moscow's budget, its military and its invasion of Ukraine. Russia also provides the majority of India's military hardware.
Wednesday's vote tested Democratic loyalty to Biden, and also measured assessments of Garcetti's judgment and trustworthiness, stemming from the City Hall allegations that shadowed him in the #MeToo era. The nomination, first announced in July 2021, cleared the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in January 2022 but was not considered by the full Senate. Biden renominated Garcetti early this year, and the White House has defended him as a well-qualified candidate.
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