Politics & Government

Huntsman Finally Faces Senate Hearing For Russia Post

KUER 90.1 | By Julia Ritchey

Published September 18, 2017 at 10:39 PM MDT

Former Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. is finally getting a confirmation hearing for the position of U.S. ambassador to Russia.

Huntsman will appear Tuesday morning before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he’ll likely be grilled by Democratic senators over Russian meddling into the 2016 election.

Sen. Mike Lee, who worked for Huntsman as governor, said he expects a speedy confirmation by both the committee and full Senate.

President Trump nominated Huntsman to serve as ambassador over the summer. He also was ambassador to China under the Obama administration and ambassador to Singapore under the first President Bush.

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Julia Ritchey

Julia joined KUER in 2016 after a year reporting at the NPR member station in Reno, Nev. During her stint, she covered battleground politics, school overcrowding, and any story that would take her to the crystal blue shores of Lake Tahoe. Her work earned her two regional Edward R. Murrow awards. Originally from the mountains of Western North Carolina, Julia graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2008 with a degree in journalism. She’s worked as both a print and radio reporter in several states and several countries — from the 2008 Beijing Olympics to Dakar, Senegal. Her curiosity about the American West led her to take a spontaneous, one-way road trip to the Great Basin, where she intends to continue preaching the gospel of community journalism, public radio and podcasting. In her spare time, you’ll find her hanging with her beagle Bodhi, taking pictures of her food and watching Patrick Swayze movies.

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