Biden Taps Ex-Sen. Jeff Flake As Ambassador To Turkey

July 14, 2021 Biden Administration, Republicans

President Joe Biden is nominating former Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona as his ambassador to Turkey, whose alliance with the U.S. has in recent years been marked by major disagreements on key foreign policy issues.

“I am honored and humbled by the trust President Biden has placed in me with this ambassadorial nomination,” Flake wrote in a post on Medium. “This is a pivotal post at an important time for both of our countries,” the former senator wrote.

Flake, who served more than a decade in the House and a single term in the Senate, had clashed openly with then-President Donald Trump prior to leaving Congress in 2019. He backed Biden over Trump in the 2020 election and was expected to be offered a post in the Democrat’s administration.

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