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SFGate
November 1, 2017
A White House press release announcing President Donald Trump's nomination of Robin Bernstein for ambassador of the Dominican Republic made the point that she speaks "basic Spanish." Tuesday's announcement noted that Bernstein runs an insurance business with her husband in West Palm BeachÃâà...
SFGate
November 1, 2017
A White House press release announcing President Donald Trump's nomination of Robin Bernstein for ambassador of the Dominican Republic made the point that she speaks "basic Spanish." Tuesday's announcement noted that Bernstein runs an insurance business with her husband in West Palm BeachÃâà...
Yahoo News
September 12, 2017
As Yahoo News documented in 2014, the Obama administration underlined that its nominee to be ambassador to Hungary, soap opera producer Colleen Bell, “speaks conversational Spanish.” (The Senate confirmed her to the post). Still, the “Certificates of Competency” that the Trump administration isÃâà...
Reveal
September 19, 2016
Owners: Soap opera producer Bradley Bell and Colleen Bell, Democratic Party fund-raiser and U.S. ambassador to Hungary. Bradley Bell is executive producer of “The Bold and the Beautiful,” perhaps the world's most popular daytime TV drama. Colleen Bell is a former TV producer who raised $600,000Ãâà...
The Conversation US
March 3, 2015
In December 2014 President Barack Obama nominated Colleen Bell – a soap opera producer – as the country's next ambassador to Hungary. Before Bell's confirmation vote, Obama's 2008 Republican rival, Senator John McCain, took to the Senate floor. “I understand how the game is played,” McCainÃâà...
Soap Opera Network
December 6, 2014
“We're about to vote on a totally unqualified individual to be ambassador to a nation which is very important to our national security interest. Her qualifications are as a producer of the television soap opera 'The Bold and The Beautiful,' contributed 800,000 [dollars] to Obama in the last election and bundledÃâà...
NBCNews.com
December 3, 2014
Former Soap Opera Producer Is Now U.S. Ambassador to Hungary. Wed, Dec 03. Colleen Bell, a producer for "Bold and the Beautiful" who donated generously to President Obama's re-election campaign, is now a U.S. ambassador. Share Video; Facebook Ãâ÷ Twitter Ãâ÷ E-mail; Embed. Copy this code to your website or blog.
ABC News
December 2, 2014
Prior to the vote, McCain, R-Ariz., went on a tirade about how Colleen Bradley Bell, a soap opera producer and bundler for President Obama's campaigns, is "unqualified" to represent the United States as an ambassador to Hungary. "We're about to vote on a totally unqualified individual to be ambassadorÃâà...
AllGov
June 2, 2014
His parents were involved in show business, with his father William J. Bell a writer for and creator of soap operas, including “The Bold and the Beautiful,” for which Bradley Bell worked. That show was named in 2010 by the Guinness Book of Records as the most popular daytime soap opera. Colleen BellÃâà...
Chicagomag.com
February 6, 2014
Soap opera producer Colleen Bell might have been excused if she thought she didn't need to know much about the finer points of diplomacy in Hungary, the country to which she'll soon be dispatched as U.S. ambassador, compliments of President Obama. He chose her for the prestigious position notÃâà...
Variety
November 7, 2013
Colleen Bradley Bell, producer for soap opera production company Bell-Phillip Television Prods., has been nominated as ambassador to Hungary, becoming the latest of President Obama's campaign supporters to be tapped for foreign posts. Bell's nomination must be approved by the Senate. She raisedÃâà...
The Center for Public Integrity
November 7, 2013
President Barack Obama has nominated one of his top fundraisers in Hollywood to be the next U.S. ambassador to Hungary, the White House announced Wednesday night. Obama's new choice for the job? Colleen Bell, a producer for Bell-Phillip Television Productions, Inc., the company behind theÃâà...
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