President Trump has picked former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. to be the next U.S. ambassador to Russia. (Courtesy: USA Today)
(Charles Ventura, USA Today) – Former Utah governor and 2012 Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman Jr. is President Trump’s choice to be the next U.S. ambassador to Russia, White House officials said on Wednesday.
Huntsman, who served as the ambassador to China during the Obama administration and had been considering a Senate run in 2018, would enter the ambassador post during an unusual time in American-Russian relations with alleged interference in the U.S. election by Russia.
White House officials spoke on the condition of anonymity ahead of a formal announcement.
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