US Senate on Track to Confirm Iowa Governor as China Envoy

The nation's longest-serving governor is on track to win Senate confirmation as President Donald Trump's ambassador to China.   The Senate is slated to vote late Monday on Iowa Governor Terry Branstad's nomination, clearing the way for him to hold the key diplomatic post. Among Branstad's most immediate and sensitive assignments will be persuading the Chinese to help defuse North Korea's advancing ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs.   During his...

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