President Biden nominated University of Pennsylvania President Dr. Amy Gutmann to be ambassador to Germany, The New York Times reported.
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In doing so, Biden is giving an important post to someone who hired him for a lucrative university position after he left the Obama administration.
Gutmann – well-versed in constitutional democracy and human rights – would be the first woman in the role.
Biden also said Friday he would nominate Chantale Wong as U.S. director of the Asian Development Bank.
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