The US Senate voted almost along party lines Tuesday to confirm former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew as the next US ambassador to Israel, as Republicans denounced the ex-Cabinet official as an “archi…
as the next US ambassador to Israel, as Republicans denounced the ex-Cabinet official as an “architect of the Obama-era Iran deal.”
Paul and Graham also voted with Democrats to end debate on Lew’s nomination earlier Tuesday, and the Kentucky senator was the only Republican to support Lew in an earlier committee vote.The US Senate voted nearly along party lines on Tuesday to confirm former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew as the next US ambassador to Israel.The upper chamber voted 53-43 to send Lew to Jerusalem amid the Jewish state’s ongoing war with Hamas terrorists, with support from Sen. Rand Paul and Sen. Lindsey Graham .
Schumer called Lew “a ferocious ally of Israel” and thanked the Foreign Relations Committee for voting 12-9 to move his nomination to the floor.
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