President Joe Biden has selected another round of ambassadors, including choices for posts in Canada, Slovenia and Austria.
Pending Senate confirmation, Biden has picked David Cohen as his ambassador to Canada. After the US-Canada border remained closed for over a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Canada recently announced it would open its borders to fully vaccinated Americans starting next month. On Wednesday, the Biden administration extended non-essential travel restrictions for its northern and southern borders until August 21.
He is also a Biden donor who hosted his first official fundraiser as a candidate for president at his home in the Philadelphia area.Biden has tapped his longtime friend Victoria Kennedy, the widow of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, for the post in Austria. The late Kennedy was a mentor to Biden, who often spoke glowingly him of and likened him to a"big brother.
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