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Biden also nominated Jack Markell, the former Democratic
governor of his home state of Delaware, to be the U.S.
representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development, the White House statement said.
The pair were among 17 nominations sent to the Senate for
confirmation.
McCain endorsed Biden in November's election in which the
Democrat defeated Republican President Donald Trump, who had
repeatedly criticized McCain's husband. John McCain died in
2018.
If confirmed to the post, she would represent the United States
with the rank of ambassador at the Rome-based U.N. World Food
Programme, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization and the
U.N. International Fund for Agricultural Development.
McCain is chair and director of the Phoenix-based Hensley
Beverage Co, which distributes wine, spirits and non-alcoholic
beverages.
Other nominees included Massachusetts Democratic state
Representative Claire Cronin as U.S. ambassador to Ireland and
Fiona Whelan Prine, widow of the late singer-songwriter John
Prime, to the National Council on the Arts.
(Reporting by Jonathan Landay)
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