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Obama's key arms-control nominee finally confirmed by Senate
WASHINGTON, March 6 (Yonhap) -- After a long partisan struggle, President Barack Obama secured Senate confirmation Thursday on his pick for a top State Department post on arms control and nonproliferation.

The Senate voted 58-42 to confirm Rose Gottemoeller to become undersecretary of state for arms control and international security. The confirmation put an end to nearly a year-long dispute over the nomination and it is expected to give a fresh boost to Obama's global nonproliferation drive.

Gottemoeller was nominated to the high-profile post in May.

Having served as assistant secretary for arms control, verification, and compliance, she already played a major role in the Obama government's efforts to reduce weapons of mass destruction around the world. She is known for her work on denuclearizing Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan after the fall of the Soviet Union.
I'm sure the Ukrainians are feeling real good about that right now...
As successor to Ellen Tauscher, Gottemoeller will lead the interagency policy process on nonproliferation and manage global U.S. security policy, including the North Korean nuclear and long-range missile issue.
Posted by: Steve White 2014-03-07
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