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Senate unanimously confirms Brink as Ukraine ambassador - POLITICO
May 19, 2022 42 secs
Bridget Brink testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on May 10, 2022 in Washington, D.C.

The Senate on Wednesday night unanimously confirmed career Foreign Service officer Bridget Brink to serve as U.S.

ambassador to Slovakia, sailed through the Senate confirmation process as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle emphasized the urgency of having a top diplomat in the country while it’s under assault from Russia.

“To have an ambassador there at this critical time as the United States continues to help the Ukrainian people … is a wonderful thing, is a good thing, and will help advance the cause of peace, security and freedom,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said after Brink was confirmed.

The last Senate-confirmed ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, was removed by Donald Trump in 2019 as the then-president was seeking an investigation into his political rivals

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