Editing Bernadette Meehan (section)

===United States ambassador to Chile===
[[File:29 August 2022, Deputy Secretary Sherman officiates the Swearing-In Ceremony of Ambassador Bernadette M. Meehan (cropped).jpg|thumb|Meehan sworn in as Ambassador to Chile in 2022 by Deputy Secretary of State [[Wendy Sherman]]]]
On July 9, 2021, President [[Joe Biden]] nominated Meehan to be the next [[United States ambassador to Chile]].<ref name="July9">{{Cite web|date=July 9, 2021|title=President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate Four Individuals to Serve as Ambassadors|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/07/09/president-biden-announces-his-intent-to-nominate-four-individuals-to-serve-as-ambassadors/|access-date=July 9, 2021|website=The White House|language=en-US|archive-date=January 21, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250121201648/https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/07/09/president-biden-announces-his-intent-to-nominate-four-individuals-to-serve-as-ambassadors/|url-status=live}}</ref> Hearings on her nomination were held before the [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]] on March 15, 2022. The committee favorably reported her nomination on May 18, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=PN787 — Bernadette M. Meehan — Department of State 117th Congress (2021-2022) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/787 |date = March 15, 2022|access-date=March 22, 2022}}</ref> On July 20, 2022, the [[United States Senate]] confirmed her nomination by a 51–44 vote.<ref>{{Cite web |title=On the Nomination (Confirmation: Bernadette M. Meehan, of New York, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Chile) |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00264.htm |access-date=July 21, 2022 |website=www.senate.gov |archive-date=July 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720224434/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00264.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> She was sworn in on August 29, 2022,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ex-ante.cl/quien-es-bernadette-meehan-nueva-embajadora-de-ee-uu-en-chile/ | title=Quién es Bernadette Meehan, embajadora de EE. UU. En Chile | date=September 13, 2022 | language=es | access-date=September 27, 2022 | archive-date=September 27, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927180350/https://www.ex-ante.cl/quien-es-bernadette-meehan-nueva-embajadora-de-ee-uu-en-chile/ | url-status=live }}</ref> and presented her credentials to President [[Gabriel Boric]] on September 30, 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 30, 2022 |title=Presidente de la República Gabriel Boric Font recibe Cartas Credenciales de seis nuevos embajadores |trans-title=President of the Republic Gabriel Boric Font receives Letters of Credence from six new ambassadors |url=https://prensa.presidencia.cl/fotonoticia.aspx?id=202068 |access-date=December 10, 2025 |work=Government of Chile |archive-date=February 9, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250209091818/https://prensa.presidencia.cl/fotonoticia.aspx?id=202068 |url-status=live }}</ref> Following the election of President [[Donald Trump]], Meehan submitted her resignation as ambassador effective January 10, 2025, following tradition for political appointees of both parties.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 2025 |title=CNN Íntimo: Bernadette Meehan, embajadora EE.UU en Chile |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw0-7wFGpoI |website=CNNChile |access-date=April 15, 2025 |archive-date=December 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241217142851/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw0-7wFGpoI |url-status=live }}</ref>