Louis Susman, the next US ambassador to London, will not be "an ornament" at the Court of St James, according one of his leading supporters in the senate. Senator Claire McAskill, senator from his home state of Missouri, was addressing criticism that for all his talk of changing the culture of Washington, Barack Obama has too closely followed the tradition of rewarding friends and big money donors with plum overseas posts.Speaking on behalf of Mr Susman at his senate confirmation hearing, she described the former lawyer and Citigroup vice chairman as a "great man".
Senator Claire McAskill, senator from his home state of Missouri, was addressing criticism that for all his talk of changing the culture of Washington, Barack Obama has too closely followed the tradition of rewarding friends and big money donors with plum overseas posts.
Speaking on behalf of Mr Susman at his senate confirmation hearing, she described the former lawyer and Citigroup vice chairman as a "great man".
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I wrote about about Susman and Obama "rewarding friends and big money donors with plum overseas posts" back in February, U.S. Ambassadorships and Obama's Big Campaign Donors (ET) (DK). My conclusion was from the attention and general comments was this is to be expected and most people couldn't care less.
