During a nomination hearing, Senate Republicans questioned nominee Jack Lew's record on Iran and his role in the 2015 nuclear deal as he aims to become the ambassador to Israel.

WASHINGTON − The United States now has a designated ambassador to Israel after the Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Jack Lew to the critical post. The Senate voted to approve Lew's nomination 53-43.

Mr. Lew’s confirmation comes as Congress is rushing to respond to Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza with a comprehensive package of emergency military and ...

Biden's choice for ambassador to Israel is former Treasury secretary Lew but his actions make that a bad decision. Lew even backed the Iran nuclear deal and aided trade with Iran.

"We are going to do everything we can in this round to get all the American hostages, living and dead, out," Ambassador Jacob J. Lew tells NPR. His tenure as President Biden's envoy ends this month.

President Joe Biden’s pick for ambassador to Israel, former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, defended his record related to the Iran nuclear deal during his confirmation hearing Wednesday and made ...

Biden’s pick for ambassador to Israel spars with Republican opponents Jack Lew, who helped to implement the Obama-era nuclear agreement with Iran, sought to fend off GOP attacks on his past ...

Key Republican says there’s ‘a lot of resistance’ over Biden’s nominee to be ambassador to Israel By Manu Raju and Sam Fossum, CNN 2 min read Updated 12:48 AM EDT, Tue October 17, 2023 ...

As Treasury secretary, Lew “granted a specific license that authorized a conversion of Iranian assets worth billions of U.S. dollars using the U.S. financial system,” a 2018 Senate report found.