New Mexico Senator Tom Udall at a US Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington DC. Photo / APUS President Joe Biden is nominating former New Mexico Senator Tom Udall to serve as his ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. She was a significant fundraiser for Biden's 2020 run for the White House. The White House declined to comment about Hartley's pending nomination, which was first reported by the Washington Post. The White House is weighing Tsunis at the urging of Senator Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, according to two people familiar with the administration's deliberations.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 16, 2021 20:48 UTC