国际英语资讯:White House says nomination of ambassador to Turkey sent to Senate
<p><span word="WASHINGTON">WASHINGTON</span>, <span word="Feb">Feb</span>. 25-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="White">White</span> <span word="House">House</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nomination">nomination</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="ambassador">ambassador</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Turkey">Turkey</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="sent">sent</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Senate">Senate</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="approval">approval</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="statement">statement</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="White">White</span> <span word="House">House</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="David">David</span> <span word="Michael">Michael</span> <span word="Satterfield">Satterfield</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="career">career</span> <span word="member">member</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="senior">senior</span> <span word="Foreign">Foreign</span> <span word="Service">Service</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="class">class</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Career">Career</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span>.</p><p><span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Donald">Donald</span> <span word="Trump">Trump</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Feb">Feb</span>. 15 <span word="announced">announced</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="intended">intended</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="nominate">nominate</span> <span word="Satterfield">Satterfield</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="acting">acting</span> <span word="assistant">assistant</span> <span word="secretary">secretary</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Near">Near</span> <span word="Eastern">Eastern</span> <span word="affairs">affairs</span> <span word="since">since</span> 2017.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="White">White</span> <span word="House">House</span>, <span word="Satterfield">Satterfield</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="B">B</span>.<span word="A">A</span>. <span word="graduate">graduate</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Maryland">Maryland</span>, <span word="has">has</span> <span word="previously">previously</span> <span word="served">served</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="director">director</span> <span word="general">general</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Multinational">Multinational</span> <span word="Force">Force</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Observers">Observers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Rome">Rome</span>, <span word="Italy">Italy</span>, <span word="from">from</span> 2017 <span word="to">to</span> 2017 <span word="and">and</span> 2009 <span word="to">to</span> 2013.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> 2017, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="special">special</span> <span word="advisor">advisor</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="secretary">secretary</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Libya">Libya</span>, <span word="based">based</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Tripoli">Tripoli</span>, <span word="Libya">Libya</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="served">served</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="charge">charge</span> <span word="d">d</span>'<span word="affaires">affaires</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="embassy">embassy</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Cairo">Cairo</span>, <span word="Egypt">Egypt</span>, <span word="from">from</span> 2013 <span word="to">to</span> 2017.</p><p><span word="Satterfield">Satterfield</span> <span word="speaks">speaks</span> <span word="Arabic">Arabic</span>, <span word="French">French</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Italian">Italian</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="ambassadorship">ambassadorship</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Turkey">Turkey</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="vacant">vacant</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="October">October</span> 2017.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="nomination">nomination</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="critical">critical</span> <span word="moment">moment</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Turkey">Turkey</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="sparring">sparring</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fortunes">fortunes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Kurdish">Kurdish</span> <span word="militia">militia</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="northern">northern</span> <span word="Syria">Syria</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ally">ally</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Washington">Washington</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Islamic">Islamic</span> <span word="State">State</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="viewed">viewed</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> "<span word="terrorist">terrorist</span> <span word="group">group</span>" <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Ankara">Ankara</span>.</p>
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