Mexico ambassador nominee withdraws

*The nominee, Maria Echaveste, a former Clinton administration alumna, hasn’t gotten a confirmation hearing in six months. VL

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, Politico

President Barack Obama’s nominee to be ambassador to Mexico has withdrawn from consideration, just one month after Republicans gained a majority in both houses of Congress.
Maria Echaveste, a daughter of Mexican immigrants and an alumna of the Clinton administration, asked the White House to pull her nomination because of the long confirmation process and her family’s best interest, said White House spokesman Eric Schultz.
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Echaveste was nominated in September and had not yet received a hearing. She was nominated alongside Richard Verma, Obama’s new ambassador to India, who was confirmed in December and was part of the president’s trip to New Delhi this month.

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