Davidow Confirmed As U.S. Ambassador

After more than a year, Mexico is finally getting a new U.S. ambassador. The Senate approved, by voice vote and without debate, career diplomat Jeffrey Davidow to be ambassador to Mexico. He is expected to take his post in early July. Administration officials have said there is no foreign relationship more important than Mexico, given the array of cross-border issues, including trade, narcotics trafficking and migration problems. Davidow, a native of Boston, now directs the State Department’s Latin America bureau. He is a former ambassador to Venezuela and Zambia.