“My career as a judge, my work ethic and my resolve make me well qualified to be America’s voice in Argentina,” Judge Edward Prado told senators in prepared testimony for his confirmation hearing today. #Argentina
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U.S. Sen. @timkaine is attending today’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing for Edward Prado, a federal judge nominated to be ambassador to #Argentina. @USEmbArgentina @USEmbArgentina @StateDept
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In prepared remarks, Amb.-designate Edward Prado said he’d traveled multiple times to
#Argentina, where he said he had friends in the legal community who will be partners in “improving the judicial system and strengthening the confidence the people have in the judicial system.”Show this thread -
Judge Prado, calling
#Argentina a “vital regional ally,” said he hoped to help “build capacity within the Argentine police to promote security” and to strengthen the Argentine armed forces.@MinSeg@EMCOFFA_ArgShow this thread -
In addition to
@timkaine, Judge Edward Prado’s confirmation hearing has attracted a handful of other senators, including@marcorubio,@SenBillNelson,@JohnCornyn and@SenatorTomUdall.Show this thread -
Since January 2017,
@EmbajadaEEUUarg@USEmbArgentina has been without an ambassador, after@NoahMamet, now chairman of the@LATAMProg’s#ArgentinaProject, left the U.S. Embassy.Show this thread -
Here is Ambassador-designate Prado's prepared testimony, https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/030718_Prado_Testimony.pdf ….
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"I will do all I can to support the Macri administration in its investigation" into the AMIA bombing, Ambassador-designate Edward Prado said at his confirmation hearing today, in response to a question from
@marcorubio.#ArgentinaShow this thread
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