Biden nominates Jack Lew to be U.S. ambassador to Israel

Lew served as treasury secretary in the Obama administration.

President Joe Biden nominated former U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to serve as ambassador to Israel.It also comes as the Biden administration seeks to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia.Tuesday to serve as ambassador to Israel.

Lew, 68, served as treasury secretary from 2013-17. He was also White House budget director and later chief of staff during the Obama administration and budget director in the Clinton administration. He will succeedLew's experience, and his Orthodox Judaism, should ease the Senate confirmation process. After decades in Washington, this will be Lew's first international post.Lew's nomination comes in a period of strained relations between the U.S.

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