Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel Reportedly To Be Named Ambassador To Japan

Chicago IL

11 May, 2021

5:12 PM

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CHICAGO (CBS) — The Financial Times reports Biden will name Emanuel as the U.S. envoy to Japan later this month, along with other ambassador picks. Emanuel, 61, who also once served as chief of staff to President Barack Obama, and senior adviser to President Bill Clinton, earlier had been considered for Biden's transportation secretary, but faced stiff opposition from progressive leaders in Congress. Emanuel has been a significant force in Democratic Party politics for much of the last three decades. But progressives and civil rights leaders have been critical of his handling of the fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald. U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) called it "shameful" that Emanuel was even being considered for a Biden cabinet position. Read more at CBS Chicago