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Tue May 9, 2017, 11:16 AM May 2017

Another step closer to finally being rid of Gov Brainfart

Not that Kim would be any better, but we'll finally be rid of Brainfart.

A Senate panel has approved Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad as U.S. ambassador to China.

Tuesday’s decision all but assures full Senate confirmation of President Donald Trump’s pick for the key diplomatic post.

Members of the Foreign Relations Committee approved Branstad’s nomination by voice vote. Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland, the committee’s top Democrat, says Branstad is “fully qualified” for the job at a time when the Trump administration is pushing the Chinese to act more aggressively to defuse North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.
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