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U.S. Senate Confirms Indian-American To Key Trade Job
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Senate has confirmed yet another Indian-American nominee of President Barack Obama to lead the trade promotion arm of the U.S. Commerce Department charged with helping US companies succeed in markets around the world.
Kerala University physics graduate Arun Madhavan Kumar was confirmed to be assistant secretary of commerce and director general of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service by a voice vote Wednesday along with Puneet Talwar, a longtime White House national security staffer.
As the State Department's new assistant secretary for political-military affairs, Talwar would be serving as a bridge between the State and Defence departments.
He becomes the third Indian-American in a top position at the State Department after Nisha Desai Biswal, point person for South and Central Asia and USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah, highest ranking Indian-American in Obama administration.
At over two dozen, Obama administration boasts of having the highest number of Indian Americans in key jobs than any previous administrations in U.S.
During his confirmation hearing, Kumar told the Senate Commerce Committee that he would "like to strengthen the focus on the markets offering the biggest opportunities for American products and services, and on orchestrating efforts to increase our market share in those markets".
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Source: IANS