Michelle Steel testifies during a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on her nomination to be U.S. ambassador to Korea in Washington on May 20. [REUTERS/YONHAP]
A U.S. Senate committee approved U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. ambassador to South Korea on Thursday, sending her nomination to the full chamber for a confirmation vote.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 14-8 to advance the nomination of Michelle Steel, a former two-term Korean American congresswoman.
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If confirmed, Steel would become the second Korean American to serve as the United States' top envoy to South Korea, following former Ambassador Sung Kim, who served in Seoul as ambassador from 2011 to 2014.
