China Ambassador Nomination Hearing Retiring Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) appears before his colleagues in the Foreign Relations Committee who review his nomination as the new U.S. ambassador to China. The committee also hears from two other State Department nominees.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Senator Max Baucus D-MT) to become ambassador to China. Topics included trade equality and China-Japan tensions. Senator Baucus said that if confirmed he would press China on U.S. beef exports, their human rights track record, and pollution. Senator Tester introduced the nominee.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on the nominations of Arnold Chacon to be Director General of the Foreign Service and of Daniel Bennett Smith to be Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research
