Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Barack Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
Biden nominates lesbian to ambassador-level post
President Joe Biden on July 2 nominated Chantale Wong to be the United States director to the Asian Development Bank, a post with the rank of ambassador.According to the LGBTQ Victory Fund, Wong is the first out lesbian and first out LGBTQ person of color in U.S.
history to be nominated for an ambassador-level position. Wong was formerly CFO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a position to which she was appointed by former President Barack Obama, according to a White House statement.Wong also served as budget director at NASA and acting budget director of the U.S.
Treasury Department. Former President Bill Clinton appointed her as a U.S. representative to the Asian Development Bank, a release from the White House stated."Today.
