Controversial Kuwait Ambassador Nominee Scheduled for Confirmation Hearing
Amer Ghalib, the mayor of Hamtramck, Mich., will come before a Senate committee next week.
Democratic Muslim Mayor Amer Ghalib of Hamtramck, Michigan, is President Donald Trump’s nominee to be U.S. ambassador to Kuwait.
Ghalib is scheduled for a confirmation hearing in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a delayed step toward confirmation for a nominee whose background and past comments have come under scrutiny.
Ghalib will come before the committee next Thursday, Oct. 23, at the first confirmation hearing the committee has held in more than a month.
Ghalib is currently the only nominee on the agenda for that hearing.
Democratic Muslim Mayor Amer Ghalib of Hamtramck, Michigan speaks before President Donald Trump holds his final campaign rally before election day at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan on November 4, 2024.
Author summary: Amer Ghalib faces Senate hearing.