Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel s US correspondent based in New York
Then-Deputy Secretary of State Thomas R. Nides, center, talks to South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, right, as US Ambassador to South Korea Sung Kim listens during their meeting at Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, February 29, 2012. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man, Pool)
The White House on Tuesday announced that former State Department senior official Thomas Nides is the US administration’s nominee to serve as the next ambassador to Israel.
The former deputy secretary of state for management and resources, who most recently served as managing director and vice-chairman of Morgan Stanley, will still need to make it through a Senate confirmation hearing, but no significant opposition is expected to Nides a lesser-known figure than previous ambassadors.
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