WASHINGTON - The White House on July 11 urged the US Senate to swiftly confirm President Barack Obama's new nominee for ambassador to Moscow, despite a long backlog of would-be envoys awaiting a vote.
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Agence France-Presse: White House urges swift confirmation of new Russia envoy
John Tefft, a former ambassador to Ukraine, Georgia and Lithuania, to be appointed U.S. ambassador to Moscow.
