Biden’s Pick for China Envoy Is One Nominee Ted Cruz Won’t Block
- Texas Republican won’t stand in way of Nicholas Burns
- He thinks U.S.-China relations are too important to delay vote
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Senator Ted Cruz won’t stand in the way of Nicholas Burns to be ambassador to Beijing out of a recognition that U.S.-China relations are too important to delay, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The Texas Republican has used Senate procedure to slow down confirmation for more than two dozen of President Joe Biden’s nominees, infuriating administration officials who say Cruz is undercutting American diplomacy and national security. In Burns’s confirmation hearing last week, Cruz had tough words for China but largely held off criticizing Burns.