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Obama's pick to be US ambassador to Somalia withdraws
Published May 11, 2015
Associated Press
WASHINGTON – President Obama's pick to be the first U.S. ambassador
to Somalia in nearly 25 years is withdrawing her nomination.
An administration official says Katherine Simonds Dhanani is turning
down the nomination f or personal reasons. The official spoke on a
condition of anonymity without authorization to speak on the record.
Last week, John Kerry became the first secretary of state to visit
Somalia in a move to dee pen ties. He cast the move toward restoring
the ambassadorship as a "recognition of the p rogress made and the
promise to come."
The U.S. Embassy closed in 1991 when Somalia's government collapsed
in civil war. The State Department had planned to post Dhanani, once
confirmed by the Senate, in neighboring Ke nya until security
conditions would permit the embassy in Mogadishu to reopen.
Posted by: By Ali Harouri
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