00:00Lee Lipton is U.S. President Donald Trump's pick as his country's next ambassador to the Philippines.
00:06He is a businessman from Florida and a newly appointed diplomat.
00:09If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Lipton will replace career diplomat Mary Kay Carlson,
00:14who first arrived in the Philippines at the start of the Marcos Jr. administration.
00:18Lipton is currently the interim permanent representative to the United States mission
00:22to the Organization of American States.
00:25If confirmed, he will take over a strong Philippine-U.S. relationship
00:28that has grown since the beginning of the Marcos Jr. administration
00:31and during the previous Joe Biden administration.
00:34Lipton's nomination as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the U.S. to the Philippines
00:39was made public early Thursday, October 9.
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