Senate Confirms Herschel Walker as Bahamas Ambassador
The U.S. Senate confirmed former football star Herschel Walker to serve as ambassador to the Bahamas after President Trump nominated him last year. Walker was approved in an en bloc 51–47 vote that cleared more than 100 Trump executive-branch nominees; he is the first Senate-confirmed ambassador to the Bahamas in over a decade and his confirmation comes amid ongoing disputes in the Senate over other administration priorities.
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📌 Key Facts
- Senate confirmed Herschel Walker to be U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas in a single en bloc 51–47 vote.
- Walker was nominated by President Donald Trump last year and had previously run as the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Georgia in 2022.
- He is the first Senate-confirmed ambassador to the Bahamas in more than a decade; over 100 Trump nominees were approved in the same package.