Overview

• Senators voted 51-47 along party lines to approve a grouped slate of executive-branch picks using a new fast-track procedure.
• Herschel Walker’s selection ends a long-running gap in U.S. representation in the Bahamas that stretched back to 2011.
• At his recent hearing, Walker cited expanding Chinese investments and projects in the islands as a national security concern.
• Bahamian Ambassador Wendall Jones welcomed the appointment, saying Walker would be warmly received and well-positioned to engage on shared issues.
• The package also installed Sergio Gor as ambassador to India, as the State Department framed the confirmations as advancing an America First agenda.