Trump under fire for nominating Benghazi-connected Obama holdover to ambassadorship

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Former President Barack Obama appointed career diplomat Joseph Macmanus to five foreign policy jobs, and Macmanus stayed on at the State Department as acting secretary for legislative affairs when President Trump came into office.

Today, Trump nominated Macmanus to be ambassador to Colombia, a move that elicited conservative opprobrium.

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