Post by Logan on Jun 13, 2016 1:37:36 GMT -6
WASHINGTON -- At Cassandra Butts' memorial service Tuesday, President Barack Obama paid tribute to his law school classmate and longtime friend, omitting any mention of the ambassadorship that had been denied her.
But others are lamenting that she spent her final days with her nomination in limbo, and they're blaming U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton for derailing her dream.
The Republican from Dardanelle had placed a "hold" on Butts' bid to be U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas, stalling it while he pushed the White House to punish Secret Service officials who had illegally snooped into a Republican congressman's private records.
Butts, 50, fell ill last month, dying without knowing that she had acute leukemia, The Washington Post reported.
Read more: www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/jun/09/nominee-dies-still-on-hold-20160609-2/?f=news-politics
But others are lamenting that she spent her final days with her nomination in limbo, and they're blaming U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton for derailing her dream.
The Republican from Dardanelle had placed a "hold" on Butts' bid to be U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas, stalling it while he pushed the White House to punish Secret Service officials who had illegally snooped into a Republican congressman's private records.
Butts, 50, fell ill last month, dying without knowing that she had acute leukemia, The Washington Post reported.
Read more: www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/jun/09/nominee-dies-still-on-hold-20160609-2/?f=news-politics