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| Richard Rahul Verma Could Be US Env |
| Richard Rahul Verma Could Be US Envoy to India
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 3-December-2014
5:38:51 AM |
| Top US Senators, cutting across party lines, have supported the nomination of Richard Rahul Verma, stating that the Indian-American is uniquely suited to be the next Ambassador to India.
At Mr Verma's confirmation hearing before the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday, Senators from both Republican and Democratic parties enthusiastically supported his nomination for the top diplomatic position in New Delhi.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made a rare appearance before the committee to introduce Mr Verma during the hearing.
"Rich Verma is somebody that's uniquely suited to be our Ambassador to India. He is an expert on foreign policy, Southeast Asia. He served as Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Affairs under Secretary Hillary Clinton," said Senator Reid.
"He's a wonderful, wonderful, caring man with a great mind," he said.
"(Verma's) background will be extremely helpful to us in India. One of my boys, my next to youngest boy, his best friend growing up in high school was Verma, whose father was a math professor at University of Nevada-Las Vegas. So Verma is a name that I've known for a long, long time," he added.
The Senator also said Mr Verma is "very good at building consensus. He works across party lines as well as anyone I've ever seen."
"His bipartisan approach coupled with his keen understanding of legislation helped us pass the US-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement," Mr Reid said.
"He has an understanding of India... And I say without any hyperbole, I say with complete confidence that there's no better choice, no more highly-qualified candidate for this important post than Rich Verma," he said.
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