Michelle Steel Confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to South Korea by Senate, Expected to Assume Post Soon

The nomination of Michelle Steel as the U.S. Ambassador to South Korea has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
The U.S. Senate held a floor vote on Wednesday (local time) and approved her nomination with 55 votes in favor and 39 against.
With this, the confirmation process for Steel has been completed.
She is now set to receive her commission from U.S. President Donald Trump and will subsequently assume her post in South Korea.
Steel was nominated for the ambassadorship on April 13, and her Senate confirmation hearing was held on May 20.
Considering that many nominees often wait months just to have a confirmation hearing scheduled after being nominated by the President, the process for Steel proceeded at a notably rapid pace.
Steel will become the second Korean-American to serve as U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, following Sung Kim, who served from 2011 to 2014.
The position of U.S. Ambassador to South Korea had been vacant since Philip Goldberg, appointed by the Biden administration, departed in January of last year.
Born in Seoul in 1955, Steel immigrated to the United States in 1975. She served as an elected member of the California State Board of Equalization and as an Orange County Supervisor before serving as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for four years starting in 2021.
(Photo: Screen capture from the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations confirmation hearing, Yonhap News)
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