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Biden taps GOP former Sen. Jeff Flake for Turkey ambassador
AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press
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1of5FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2018 file photo, Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated former senator Jeff Flake to serve as ambassador to Turkey. The Republican had endorsed Biden s 2020 run for the White HouseJ. Scott Applewhite/APShow MoreShow Less
2of5FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2018 file photo, Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., speaks to members of the media on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated former senator Jeff Flake to serve as ambassador to Turkey. The Republican had endorsed Biden s 2020 run for the White House.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/APShow MoreShow Less
Biden taps GOP former Sen. Jeff Flake for Turkey ambassador
Flake retired from the Senate at the end of his term in 2019, saying he was out of step with the Republican Party. Author: Associated Press Updated: 3:34 PM CDT July 13, 2021
President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated former Sen. Jeff Flake, a Republican lawmaker who endorsed his 2020 run for the White House, to serve as U.S. ambassador to Turkey.
Flake served in the U.S. Senate from Arizona from 2013 to 2019 and in the U.S. House from 2001 to 2013.
Flake retired from the Senate at the end of his term in 2019, saying he was out of step with the Republican Party in the era of former President Donald Trump. He later wrote a book, Conscience of a Conservative, that was a critique of Trump.
Biden taps GOP former Sen. Jeff Flake for Turkey ambassador
AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press
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1of5FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2018 file photo, Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated former senator Jeff Flake to serve as ambassador to Turkey. The Republican had endorsed Biden s 2020 run for the White HouseJ. Scott Applewhite/APShow MoreShow Less
2of5FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2018 file photo, Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., speaks to members of the media on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated former senator Jeff Flake to serve as ambassador to Turkey. The Republican had endorsed Biden s 2020 run for the White House.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/APShow MoreShow Less
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