US Ambassadors Missing-in-Action

[DaShuckster]

I was blown away to learn this morning that of our 196 US Ambassadors, ONLY SEVEN have been confirmed by Congress and have assumed their positions. Do we have an Ambassador in China? NO. Do we have an Ambassador in Russia? NO. Do we have an Ambassador in England? NO. Do we have an Ambassador in Germany? NO. Do we have an Ambassador in France? NO. Do we have an Ambassador in Japan? NO.

Biden took office in January and it's now NOVEMBER. If ever there was a clear sign of how incredibly screwed up our country has become, THIS IS IT. How can we have any semblance of foreign relations -- or a sincere interest in national security -- if we allow this kind of insanity to exist?

 

[Crazyhole]

I was blown away to learn this morning that of our 196 US Ambassadors, ONLY SEVEN have been confirmed by Congress and have assumed their positions. Do we have an Ambassador in China? NO. Do we have an Ambassador in Russia? NO. Do we have an Ambassador in England? NO. Do we have an Ambassador in Germany? NO. Do we have an Ambassador in France? NO. Do we have an Ambassador in Japan? NO.

Biden took office in January and it's now NOVEMBER. If ever there was a clear sign of how incredibly screwed up our country has become, THIS IS IT. How can we have any semblance of foreign relations -- or a sincere interest in national security -- if we allow this kind of insanity to exist?

Maybe it's just a product of having the ability to have real-time interaction between the White House and other world leaders. It does seem strange but it's hard to say it's a terrible thing out of hand.

 

[UCFRogerz]

You can use Zoom yo.

 

[Knight In TN]

Unconscionable that we haven’t had any contact with any of those countries since January. That must be why the world is falling apart - no ambassadors.

Shuck, can you tell us what an ambassador does?

 

[DaShuckster]

You can use Zoom yo.

This isn't about location, these people are still waiting to be approved.

 

[DaShuckster]

Unconscionable that we haven’t had any contact with any of those countries since January. That must be why the world is falling apart - no ambassadors. Shuck, can you tell us what an ambassador does?

SMH. Yeah, let's argue we don't even need them. What an great debate point!!!

Let's put it this way, if we had our Ambassador in France in place earlier this year, there's a good chance the bruhaha we recently had with the French over our nuclear submarine contract with the Aussies wouldn't have happened.

On a national security front, you really think it's 'no big deal' not to have a US Ambassador currently stationed in China and Russia?

 

[UCFRogerz]

Call Dennis. He'll go talk to em.

 

[Knight_Classes_begin_7pm]

I was blown away to learn this morning that of our 196 US Ambassadors, ONLY SEVEN have been confirmed by Congress and have assumed their positions. Do we have an Ambassador in China? NO. Do we have an Ambassador in Russia? NO. Do we have an Ambassador in England? NO. Do we have an Ambassador in Germany? NO. Do we have an Ambassador in France? NO. Do we have an Ambassador in Japan? NO.

Biden took office in January and it's now NOVEMBER. If ever there was a clear sign of how incredibly screwed up our country has become, THIS IS IT. How can we have any semblance of foreign relations -- or a sincere interest in national security -- if we allow this kind of insanity to exist?

Trump's fault!!!

 

[Knight In TN]

SMH. Yeah, let's argue we don't even need them. What an great debate point!!!

Let's put it this way, if we had our Ambassador in France in place earlier this year, there's a good chance the bruhaha we recently had with the French over our nuclear submarine contract with the Aussies wouldn't have happened.

On a national security front, you really think it's 'no big deal' not to have a US Ambassador currently stationed in China and Russia?

Do you have a source to back up the claim that an ambassador to France would have stopped the submarine contract?

I haven’t said we don’t need them. You’re the one making the claim that it’s some huge deal that we don’t have them.

Is this… criticism of Biden and the Dems? Coming from you??

 

[DaShuckster]

Do you have a source to back up the claim that an ambassador to France would have stopped the submarine contract?

It wasn't about STOPPING the contract, it was about maintaining good relationships with our allies. You know, the kind of thing that Ambassadors do.

Is this… criticism of Biden and the Dems? Coming from you??

Apparently you have no clue how Ambassadors are confirmed.

 

[Knight In TN]

It wasn't about STOPPING the contract, it was about maintaining good relationships with our allies. You know, the kind of thing that Ambassadors do.

Apparently you have no clue how Ambassadors are confirmed.

Lol… what was the ambassador going to do, tell them “sorry, I’m your ambassador and you’re not upset about losing the submarine contract to us.”

I know that ambassadors are confirmed in the senate by the vote of a majority, which democrats have…

Can you fill me in on how this is somehow going to be all the fault of those darn Republicans again?

 

[Ace of Knights]

Lol… what was the ambassador going to do, tell them “sorry, I’m your ambassador and you’re not upset about losing the submarine contract to us.”

I know that ambassadors are confirmed in the senate by the vote of a majority, which democrats have…

Can you fill me in on how this is somehow going to be all the fault of those darn Republicans again?

Because Ted Cruz is playing politics. And yes it does have national security implications because ambassadors run their respective embassies in which intelligence officials are often actively working in as well. They often share info and work together.

Empty Desks at the State Department, Courtesy of Ted Cruz (Published 2021)

Dozens of nominations have been held up by a fight between the Texas senator and the Biden administration over a Russian gas pipeline project.

www.nytimes.com

 

[hemightbejeremy]

Turd Cruz up to shenanigans. Did they ever figure out if his dad killed JFK?

 

[Knight In TN]

Because Ted Cruz is playing politics. And yes it does have national security implications because ambassadors run their respective embassies in which intelligence officials are often actively working in as well. They often share info and work together.

Empty Desks at the State Department, Courtesy of Ted Cruz (Published 2021)

Dozens of nominations have been held up by a fight between the Texas senator and the Biden administration over a Russian gas pipeline project.

www.nytimes.com

It generally takes more than a year for ambassadors to finally be in place.

 

[goodknightfl]

I was blown away to learn this morning that of our 196 US Ambassadors, ONLY SEVEN have been confirmed by Congress and have assumed their positions. Do we have an Ambassador in China? NO. Do we have an Ambassador in Russia? NO. Do we have an Ambassador in England? NO. Do we have an Ambassador in Germany? NO. Do we have an Ambassador in France? NO. Do we have an Ambassador in Japan? NO.

Biden took office in January and it's now NOVEMBER. If ever there was a clear sign of how incredibly screwed up our country has become, THIS IS IT. How can we have any semblance of foreign relations -- or a sincere interest in national security -- if we allow this kind of insanity to exist?

Democrats have both houses, it is on them.