167 House Members Ask Trump to Retain Ambassador to Combat Anti-Semitism | Sojourners

167 House Members Ask Trump to Retain Ambassador to Combat Anti-Semitism

By Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service
Image via RNS/Reuters/Jim Bourg
Mar 15, 2017
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Following a report that President Trump is thinking of scrapping the ambassador position assigned to combat global anti-Semitism, a bipartisan group of 167 U.S. House members sent a letter asking him to appoint one soon.

The letter, released on March 13, asks Trump to “maintain and prioritize” the appointment, in a time of rising anti-Semitism.

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