The Republican-controlled US Senate approved President
Donald Trump's nomination of three ambassadors on Tuesday, to the United
Kingdom, Turkey, and Italy, respectively.
The three new ambassadors, Warren Stephens, Tom Barrack, and
Tilman Feritta, are billionaires who generously support Trump and other
Republicans. They all received some Democratic votes, as did all Republicans.
On Tuesday morning, the Senate approved Stephens as the new
ambassador to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland by a vote of 59 to 39.
Arkansas Republican Senator Tom Cotton spoke in support of
Stephens, an investment banker from his home state, describing him as a
"family man, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and patriot."