WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s choice to be U.S. ambassador to Mexico has withdrawn from consideration.
The White House says Maria Echaveste cites a prolonged confirmation process as well as her family’s best interests.
Obama nominated Echaveste last September. She had yet to receive a confirmation hearing in the Senate.
A graduate of Stanford University and Berkeley Law School, Echaveste was deputy chief of staff and a presidential assistant during the Clinton administration. When Hillary Rodham Clinton was secretary of state, she appointed Echaveste a special representative to Bolivia.
Echaveste is a partner in the consulting firm Nueva Vista Group in San Francisco. A native of Texas who grew up in California, Echaveste would have been the first American woman to be ambassador to Mexico.
Her withdrawal was first reported by Politico.
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Well, in fairness, Congress was really, really busy since September, so not giving her a hearing is completely understandable. And with the Senate majority stable, what was the hurry?
These guys would have needed to cut their vacations short, and maybe even work more than 3 days a week during the few weeks they DID work. And Mexico doesn’t really need an ambassador, does it?
Maybe they were holding out to find someone more qualified, like Sarah Palin.
Sarah can see Mexico from her Arizona meth lab…
Score!
You nailed it CVille
Really? I thought she had stopped doing that stuff … oh well … guess it kind of explains a lot …
WTF is “Berkeley Law School”?