Caroline Kennedy.Photo: Paul Bruinooge/Patrick McMullan via Getty
Caroline Kennedyis being considered for a top ambassador role within PresidentJoe Biden’s administration,according to the Associated Press.
The White House declined to comment but, citing a source, the AP reported Thursday that Biden, 78, is “giving serious consideration to nominating” Kennedy, the daughter of late PresidentJohn F. Kennedy, to an ambassadorship somewhere in Asia.
She previously served as the U.S. ambassador to Japan under PresidentBarack Obamafrom 2013 until he left office in 2017.
Kennedy, 63, is one of the most prominent members of her famed political family.
SheendorsedBiden early on in his 2020 presidential run and spoke at last year’s Democratic National Convention on his behalf.
During herDNC speech, she noted that she has known Biden since the 1970s, when she was a Senate intern and Biden, now 78, was a senator from Delaware.
In her initial endorsement last year, KennedywroteinThe Boston Globethat she believed Biden would be “a president who can bring people together” and said he’s someone “who knows how to get things done at home and abroad.”
Caroline Kennedy.Jemal Countess/Getty
Kennedy recalled a picturesque moment when Biden, “wearing his aviator glasses and a big smile,” stepped off Air Force Two while he was visiting Japan as the then-vice president.
A spokesperson for Kennedy could not immediately be reached Friday for comment on the AP report.
The Biden administration has received mounting questions when the president will announce several ambassadorial nominations.
Caroline Kennedy.Paul Marotta/Getty
From left: Joe Biden and Caroline Kennedy.Koji Sasahara/AP/Shutterstock
Biden has yet to nominate an ambassador for several Asian countries, such as China, India, Japan, South Korea, Thailand and the Philippines, according to aWashington Posttracker.
Around the globe, he hasn’t nominated ambassadors to dozens of other high-profile countries, such as the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Mexico, Israel, Ireland, Saudi Arabia and Australia.
In all, there are 71 countries left for Biden to nominate an ambassador.
A reporter at Tuesday’spress briefingasked White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki when more nominations would be coming, noting that “very few ambassador positions have been announced.”
Psaki, 42, told reporters that announcements will be “coming soon.”
“Soon,” she reiterated.
source: people.com
