160px|Wayne is the former U.S ambassador to Argentina The United States Senate has unanimously confirmed as the new to Mexico. He replaces , who resigned in March 2011 following a dispute with Felipe Calderón. Wayne's nomination had been pending since June 2011 , and in late July the approved the nomination. Before the confirmation , he said , “One of my principal objectives...will be to work with my Mexican and U.S. colleagues to accelerate the implementation of the activities to assure that we are achieving our .” Speaking about the Senate's choice of Wayne as a candidate for the ambassador's role, Eric Olson, a senior associate at the Mexico Institute of the said , “They didn’t want a controversial candidate. If you choose someone who is more of a political appointee than a career foreign service officer it can get caught up in the politics of the situation. [With Wayne] you’re not picking someone out of the blue or somebody that the committee is not familiar with."
160px|Wayne is the former U.S ambassador to Argentina The United States Senate has unanimously confirmed as the new to Mexico. He replaces , who resigned in March following a dispute with Felipe Calderón. Wayne's nomination had been pending since June , and in late July the approved the nomination. Before the confirmation he said “One of my principal objectives...will be to work with my Mexican and U.S. colleagues to accelerate the implementation of the activities to assure that we are achieving our .” Speaking about the Senate's choice of Wayne as a candidate for the ambassador's role, Eric Olson, a senior associate at the Mexico Institute of the said “They didn’t want a controversial candidate. If you choose someone who is more of a political appointee than a career foreign service officer it can get caught up in the politics of the situation. [With Wayne] you’re not picking someone out of the blue or somebody that the committee is not familiar with."
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