Biden Picks Jane Hartley as Ambassador to the U.K.

“President Biden will nominate Jane Hartley, a former ambassador to France, to serve as ambassador to the United Kingdom,” the Washington Post reports.

“The ambassador to the Court of St. James’s is considered — along with Paris — as among the most prestigious postings for an American president to fill. Of the two plum spots, each with a lovely historic mansion in the heart of two of Europe’s great cities, the London position is usually considered the more consequential job because of the close diplomatic, military and historical relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom.”