Washington – President Barack Obama rewarded two major donors to his re-election campaign with plum diplomatic assignments in Britain and Italy on Wednesday.
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Obama announced plans to send Kentucky businessman Matthew Barzun to London as the U.S. ambassador to Britain. Barzun was finance chairman for Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign. He raised more than $500,000 for the Obama campaign in 2012.
In addition, Obama said he would send Washington lawyer John Phillips to be the U.S. ambassador to Italy. He raised between $100,000 and $200,000 for the Obama campaign last year.
Both nominations require Senate confirmation.
They are the latest in a string of major donors who have been picked for U.S. diplomatic assignments abroad. Presidents quite often choose major boosters for ambassador posts in friendly countries.
And just what constitutes a “friendly country?”
Wasn’t Egypt supposed to have been a “friendly country?”
Barzun looks like Conan’s sidekick.
Old news. Done in every presidency.