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Jacob Joseph Lew (born August 29, 1955) is an American attorney and diplomat serving as the United States ambassador to Israel. He was the seventy-sixth United States secretary of the treasury from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he also served as the twenty-fifth White House chief of staff from 2012 to 2013 and as director of ...
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday backed President Joe Biden's nominee, former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, to be the next U.S. ambassador to Israel, despite Republican objections over his past dealings ...
Lew's nomination advanced o n a 12-9 vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this month. Sen. Sen. Rand Paul, of Kentucky, was the only Republican who voted with all Democratic members on ...
Inaugural holder. James Grover McDonald. as Ambassador. Formation. March 28, 1949. Website. U.S. Embassy - Jerusalem. Ambassador Shapiro presents his credentials to President Peres, August 3, 2011. The United States ambassador to Israel is the official representative of the president of the United States to the head of state of Israel.
Nominee Jack Lew held top posts in the Obama administration, including White House chief of staff. The U.S. hasn't had a Senate-confirmed ambassador to Israel since July.
Lew, holding J♣4♥ in the straddle, called, while the rest of the table folded. The flop came T♣T♥9♣. At that point, Lew was nominally the favorite, holding Jack-high against Adelstein's 8-high, but Adelstein had flopped a promising hand that contained a flush draw, an open-ended straight draw and an open-ended straight flush draw. The ...
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is now expected to hold a confirmation hearing for Jack Lew, a former Treasury secretary and White House chief of staff during the Obama administration, as ...
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 12-9 to advance the nomination of Jack Lew to be the US ambassador to Israel, according to a person in the room during the vote, despite Republican ...