The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee held confirmation hearings Thursday on President Clinton’s nominations of Martin Indyk to be ambassador to Israel and Edward Walker to be assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs. Bringing the nominations one step closer to confirmation, the hearings were attended by two senators who said there was no opposition to the appointments.
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