Trump Selects Former Gov. Mike Huckabee as Ambassador to Israel
Trump has tapped former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to be his nominee for ambassador to the Jewish state amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump (R) participates in a roundtable discussion with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee at the Drexelbrook Catering & Event Center in Drexel Hill, Pa., on Oct. 29, 2024. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Trump has tapped former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to be his ambassador to Israel.
Huckabee, who was governor of Arkansas between 1996 and 2007, was a presidential candidate in 2008 and 2016. His daughter, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, is the current governor of Arkansas, after being elected in 2022.
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
