ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, February 12, 1997 TAG: 9702120081
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-9 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
Rep. Bill Richardson won unanimous confirmation from the Senate Tuesday to become U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Approval of Richardson, who will resign as Democratic congressman from New Mexico, was never in doubt. But there is less support for Clinton administration proposals to pay more than $1billion in overdue U.S. dues to the United Nations.
After a brief, one-sided debate lauding Richardson's self-styled diplomatic efforts as a widely traveled congressman, the Senate voted 100-0 to give him the post vacated by new Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
- Associated Press
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