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Anna Betts

Trump nominates Kari Lake to be US ambassador to Jamaica

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Kari Lake, then Donald Trump's nominee for director of Voice of America, speaks during the AmericaFest conference in Phoenix, Arizona, on 21 December 2024. Photograph: Cheney Orr/Reuters

Donald Trump has nominated Kari Lake, a longtime ally and former TV anchor who ran unsuccessfully for Arizona governor, to serve as the next US ambassador to Jamaica.

If confirmed by the Senate, it would end Lake’s tenure as the key official responsible for Voice of America (VOA), the global media organization created in 1942.

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