President-elect Donald Trump nominated just a few extra candidates on Wednesday evening to serve in varied positions throughout his second time period.
He tapped Kari Lake as the following director of the Voice of America, a state-funded U.S. authorities broadcaster. Lake was a longtime Arizona broadcaster who ran unsuccessfully for public workplace in 2022 and 2024.
“I’m happy to announce that Kari Lake will function our subsequent Director of the Voice of America. She will probably be appointed by, and work intently with, our subsequent head of the U.S. Company for World Media, who I’ll announce quickly, to make sure that the American values of Freedom and Liberty are broadcast across the World FAIRLY and ACCURATELY, not like the lies unfold by the Faux Information Media,” Trump wrote in a launch.
Voice of America is an influential broadcast channel that gives information, data and cultural programming in over 40 languages on the Web, cell and social media, radio and tv.
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President-elect Donald Trump nominated former Arizona broadcaster Kari Lake, who unsuccessfully ran for public workplace in 2022 and 2024, as director of the Voice of America broadcast. (Anita Pouchard Serra/Bloomberg through Getty Pictures)
Trump additionally named Dr. Peter Lamelas, a doctor, philanthropist, and businessman, as the following U.S. Ambassador to Argentina. Lamelas immigrated to the U.S. from Cuba and based MD Now Pressing Care in Florida, the state’s largest pressing care system.
“As a toddler, Peter and his household fled communist Cuba and LEGALLY immigrated to the USA, beginning with nothing, and attaining the American Dream,” Trump wrote on Reality Social.
Lamelas was beforehand appointed to the Division of Justice’s Medal of Valor Evaluation Board throughout Trump’s first time period and has served as a city commissioner in Manalapan, Florida, and on the state’s Board of Medication.
President-elect Donald Trump nominated Dr. Peter Lamelas to be U.S. ambassador to Argentina. (Dr. Peter Lamelas/LinkedIn)
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Additionally on Wednesday night, Trump introduced Daniel Newlin, a legislation enforcement veteran and private harm legal professional, as the following U.S. Ambassador to Colombia.
Along with a 28-year profession with the Orange County (Florida) Sheriff’s Workplace the place he labored as a fugitive detective, Newlin can also be a enterprise government and entrepreneur who based Dan Newlin Private Damage Attorneys – the second-largest agency of its sort within the nation.
“Together with his Legislation Enforcement experience enabling him to navigate advanced worldwide points, and his enterprise insights fostering financial partnerships, Newlin stands as a robust advocate for U.S. pursuits, and a Champion for strengthening ties, and making a distinction within the World,” Trump wrote.
President-elect Donald Trump nominated Daniel Newlin, legislation enforcement veteran and private harm legal professional, to be the U.S. ambassador to Colombia. (NewlinLaw.com)
The picks introduced Wednesday evening are the most recent in an extended string of nominations the president-elect hopes the Senate will approve.
