President Donald Trump has nominated Florida businessman Lee Lipton to serve as the next United States Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines, a key post at a time of intensifying strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific.
His nomination, formally submitted to the Senate on Wednesday, must still be confirmed by the upper chamber.
Lipton currently holds the post of interim permanent representative to the U.S. mission at the Organization of American States where he is responsible for managing staff operations, overseeing financial resources, and coordinating across U.S. government agencies to promote American foreign policy goals throughout the Western Hemisphere.
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