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Caroline Kennedy confirmed as ambassador to Japan

Caroline Kennedy testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Caroline Kennedy testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
(Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press)
By Lisa Mascaro
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WASHINGTON – The Senate late Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Caroline Kennedy as the next U.S. ambassador to Japan.

Kennedy, a prominent author and philanthropist and the daughter of President Kennedy, was nominated for the position by President Obama in July.

The Senate confirmed Kennedy’s nomination without a vote by consent.

Last month, during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Kennedy told the panel of her father’s efforts to improve relations between the two countries after World War II.

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“I would be humbled to carry forward his legacy in a small way, and represent the powerful bonds that unite our two democratic societies,” she told the panel.

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Lisa Mascaro

Lisa Mascaro previously covered Congress in Washington, D.C., for the Los Angeles Times. She left in February 2018. A Los Angeles-area native, she has reported across Southern California, edited, traveled the States and worked in Texas. While the Washington correspondent for the Las Vegas Sun, she contributed as the paper won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. An economics and political science graduate of UC Santa Barbara, she also studied in Budapest, Hungary.

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