LOS ANGELES—The Senate Foreign Relations Committee March 8 approved former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s nomination to be U.S. ambassador to India, sending the issue to the full Senate.
It was unclear when—or if—the full Senate will consider the nomination, which has been stalled over the past year due to lingering allegations that Garcetti ignored accusations of assault and sexual harassment against a former top aide.
According to reports out of Washington, the nomination was advanced by the committee on a 13–8 vote, with two Republicans joining Democrats voting in favor.
The committee previously approved Garcetti’s nomination in January of last year, but it ran into snags over the harassment allegations involving former Garcetti senior adviser Rick Jacobs….