Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti — whose nomination as U.S. ambassador to India has faced months of delay — said there’s a pressing need to fill the role since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“This is an urgent national security moment,” Garcetti said Friday in an interview at L.A.’s City Hall. “And I think our country deeply feels that right now — and the importance of having someone on the ground in India.”
Garcetti, who served as co-chair on Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign, has been awaiting congressional approval since he was announced as the president’s choice in July. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has advanced his nomination, which now must go to a full vote in the chamber.
