US President @JoeBiden has announced Massachusetts state representative & lawyer Claire Cronin as his nominee for Ambassador to Ireland. @rtenews 
Claire Cronin is the House Majority Leader in the state legislature of Massachusetts. She is also a lawyer and campaigned for Joe Biden in Massachusetts during the 2020 presidential election. Here’s the biography included in tonight’s announcement from the @WhiteHouse. @rtenews
Claire Cronin’s nomination as US Ambassador to Ireland will now go before the US Senate where a confirmation hearing & vote will take place. @rtenews rte.ie/news/2021/0623…
Minister for Foreign Affairs @simoncoveney has welcomed the nomination of Claire Cronin as the next US Ambassador to Ireland. @rtenews
https://twitter.com/simoncoveney/status/1407807652093218822
Chair of the House Ways & Means Committee @RepRichardNeal has welcomed the nomination of Claire Cronin to the role of US Ambassador to Ireland. @rtenews
https://twitter.com/reprichardneal/status/1407811650644754432
Democratic Congressman @USRepKeating has welcomed the nomination of Claire Cronin to the role of US Ambassador to Ireland. @rtenews
https://twitter.com/USRepKeating/status/1407838063594725383
In a statement to @rtenews, Claire Cronin said she was “deeply honoured” to be nominated by @JoeBiden to the role of US Ambassador to Ireland “especially given the President’s and my own Irish roots.”
“If confirmed, I look forward to serving as ambassador and working with our partners in Ireland on both the challenges and opportunities ahead of us,” Claire Cronin said. @rtenews
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