The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today voted unanimously to confirm the nomination of Walworth Barbour as new U.S. Ambassador to Israel. Following an attack by Chairman J. W. Fulbright on the State Department for shifting Mr. Barbour, a man with extensive diplomatic experience in Europe, to Israel.
Sen. Fulbright, Arkansas Democrat, asked Mr. Barbour why a man with his background in Europe was sent to Israel. Mr. Barbour replied that he had not requested the assignment to Israel. Sen. Fulbright then asked Mr. Barbour if he had ever visited Israel. Mr. Barbour answered that he had visited Palestine in the time of the British Mandate.
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