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In Senate hearing, ambassadorial nominee shares father’s Holocaust bravery

Born in Poland, Aldona Wos was nominated to be the U.S. ambassador to Canada

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Aldona Wos

By
Melissa Weiss
July 23, 2020

During a Senate Foreign Relations hearing Thursday morning, nominees for ambassadorships in Chile and Canada touched on their parents’ experiences seeking safe haven after living in pre- and post-World War II Europe.

Aldona Wos, the Trump administration’s nominee for...

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