Barack Obama to appoint Louis Susman American ambassador in London

President Barack Obama, who promised to appoint more career diplomats to prestige posts abroad, is to install a wealthy financier who was one of his top campaign fundraisers to the plum job of American ambassador in London.

Diplomatic sources confirmed to The Daily Telegraph that Louis Susman, 71, who retired as a vice-president of Citigroup in February, will become ambassador to the Court of St James’s. An announcement is expected shortly.

He has little foreign policy experience but has been nicknamed the Vacuum Cleaner in his native Chicago – Mr Obama’s power base – because of his ability to hoover up campaign cash. “. “I don’t think anyone enjoys raising money, but for some reason I seem to have a knack,” he told the “Chicago Tribune”.
The appointment, which is understood to have been accepted by the Queen, will raise fresh questions about Mr Obama’s commitment to the “special relationship” with Britain following an awkward first meeting with Gordon Brown in Washington.

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