US EditionWill Tilman Fertitta step back from business empire if confirmed as ambassador to Italy? - The Nevada Independent
- Tilman Fertitta, nominated by President Donald Trump to be the U.S. ambassador to Italy, is not a career diplomat but is the wealthiest nominee with a net worth of nearly $11 billion, according to Forbes.
- Fertitta must place his business assets into a trust if confirmed, in line with the Foreign Service Act of 1980.
- Eric Rubin, a former U.S. ambassador, expressed doubt that Fertitta will spend enough time in Italy, stating, 'We've had issues in the past where appointees are not spending enough time at their posted assignment.'
- Nearly 50% of Trump's ambassador nominees have been political appointees rather than experienced diplomats, as stated by Eric Rubin.
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Will Tilman Fertitta step back from business empire if confirmed as ambassador to Italy? - The Nevada Independent
Congress passed legislation more than four decades ago suggesting that potential U.S. ambassadors either be career diplomats or career foreign service officers. Casino owner and gaming investor Tilman Fertitta — the president’s pick to represent the U.S. in Italy — is neither. But he is the wealthiest of President Donald Trump’s list of nearly 30 ambassador nominees, with a net worth of almost $11 billion, according to Forbes. Under the rules e…
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Nigerian News. Latest Nigeria News. Your online Nigerian Newspaper.Trump appoints new ambassadors to represent US in different countries
United States President Donald Trump announced via his Truth Social on Friday that he had appointed a number of new ambassadors to represent the US in some countries. Trump announced Amer Ghalib will serve as the US ambassador to Kuwait. He also disclosed that Michel Issa will serve as the US ambassador to Lebanon while Duke Buchan III will serve as the US ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco. “I am proud to appoint Michel Issa as our United Sta…
Dr. Mehmet Oz holds millions from companies that he’d wield power over if confirmed, report shows - News Talk Florida
WASHINGTON (AP) — The wealth of Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon nominated by President Donald Trump to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has swelled in part from for-profit health care companies over which he’d wield significant power if confirmed, according to a newly filed government ethics report. In the filing, the 64-year-old former talk show host pledged to divest from those companies within three months of co…
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