President Trump tapped former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown on Tuesday to serve as ambassador to a second South Pacific country.
If approved by the Senate, Brown would serve concurrently and without additional compensation as U.S. ambassador to the Independent State of Samoa, about 2,000 miles northeast of his main gig in New Zealand, according to the White House.
Brown, who was an early supporter of Trump during the presidential campaign, served as a Massachusetts senator from 2010 to 2013 alongside John Kerry, winning the Senate seat held by almost 50 years by Democrat Ted Kennedy. After he lost his re-election bid to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, he moved to New Hampshire and lost the general election to Democrat Jeanne Shaheen in 2014.
Before the Senate, Brown had stints in the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, State Senate and Massachusetts General Court. He retired from the Army National Guard in 2014 with 35 years of service under his belt.
