President Obama on Thursday said he will nominate Goldman Sachs banker Bruce Heyman, a top bundler to his 2012 campaign, to be his ambassador to Canada.

Heyman is the managing director of Private Wealth Management at Goldman Sachs & Co. and one of the few executives at the financial services giant to openly support Obama.



He and his wife, Vicki, hosted a fundraiser for Obama at their Chicago home back in 2007 — when Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonHillicon Valley: FBI chief says Russia is trying to interfere in election to undermine Biden | Treasury Dept. sanctions Iranian government-backed hackers The Hill's Campaign Report: Arizona shifts towards Biden | Biden prepares for drive-in town hall | New Biden ad targets Latino voters FBI chief says Russia is trying to interfere in election to undermine Biden MORE was still the Democratic front-runner — and have jointly bundled $1.7 million for the president, according to records obtained by The New York Times.

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If confirmed by the Senate, Heyman would replace David Jacobson, another Chicago fundraiser who served as Obama's deputy national finance chairman in the 2008 election. Jacobson, formerly a partner at Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, departed his Ottowa posting last month.

Obama on Thursday also nominated Kevin Whitaker to be his ambassador to Columbia. Whitaker, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, has been the the deputy assistant secretary of State for South America since 2011.





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