Only three members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee attended the hearing on Tuesday for Ambassador Deborah Jones , President Barack Obama 's nominee to take over in Tripoli . Few members of a Senate committee question Libya ambassador nominee . Deborah Jones is a respected career diplomat who has served in Iraq and Syria . She was confirmed by the full Senate on Thursday, but her nomination still needs to be approved by the Foreign Relations Committee before she can take up her post at State Department.
Few members of a Senate committee question Libya ambassador nominee . Deborah Jones is a respected career diplomat who has served in Iraq and Syria . She was confirmed by the full Senate on Thursday, but her nomination still needs to be approved by the Foreign Relations Committee before she can take up her post at State Department.