Mel Sembler, a prominent Jewish Republican and former national finance chairman of the Republican National Committee, was appointed president of the Export- Import Bank of the United States, pending Senate confirmation. The bank facilitates trade relationships between U.S. businesses and foreign countries, specifically those with financial problems.
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