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Coverage dated March 13, 2024

Senate confirms new ambassador to troubled Haiti

Headline from ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

By Ted Barrett and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed career foreign service member Dennis Hankins to be US ambassador to Haiti, where widespread violence has brought social order to the brink of collapse. The final bipartisan roll call vote was 89 to 1.

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  1. Fox News

    Senate votes to confirm US ambassador to Haiti amid gang attempt to seize power in Caribbean country (opens Fox News)

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    The Senate confirmed a new ambassador to Haiti as the country faces severe unrest while violent gangs attempt to seize power.

  2. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Senate confirms new ambassador to troubled Haiti (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    By Ted Barrett and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed career foreign service member Dennis Hankins to be US ambassador to Haiti, where widespread violence has brought social order to the brink of collapse. The final bipartisan roll call vote was 89 to 1.

  3. NBC News

    Senate confirms Dennis Hankins as ambassador to Haiti (opens NBC News)

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    WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Dennis Hankins as the U.S. ambassador to Haiti as the Caribbean country faces escalating violence and political uncertainty.

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