The Latest: Senate confirms Iowa governor as China envoy
WASHINGTON – The Latest on the Senate vote on China ambassador (all times local):
6 p.m.
The Senate has voted to confirm Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad to serve as U.S. ambassador to China.
The vote Monday night was 82-13.
Branstad says he intends to use his decades-long relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) to advance U.S. and international interests. The two met in 1985 when Xi, then a provincial official, led an agricultural trade delegation to Iowa.
The 70-year-old Branstad is in his sixth nonconsecutive term as Iowa’s governor. With more than 22 years at the helm of state government, he is the country’s longest-serving governor.
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