Former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti will be the Biden administration’s first ambassador to India, filling a nearly two-year vacancy after the Senate voted to confirm him to the role on March 15.
In the end, it was Senate Republicans who carried Garcetti across the finish line, confirming him in a 52-42 vote despite his lack of support from some Democrats.
President Joe Biden had initially nominated Garcetti to the role in 2021, though his confirmation hit turbulence when he was accused of ignoring sexual harassment allegations that were leveled against Rick Jacobs, one of his former advisers.
A Senate investigation requested by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) found that it was “extremely unlikely” that Garcetti had been unaware of Jacobs’ “pervasive, widespread, and notorious” behavior….