There's been chatter in Washington about Caroline Kennedy being tapped to be the next ambassador to Japan.
On Monday, that talk ramped up with reports , and that President Obama wants JFK's daughter to be his envoy in Tokyo.
CNN says that Kennedy, 55, is "being vetted for the post."
, "Kennedy was a very important donor for the Obama campaign in 2008 and again in 2012, when she was a co-chair of the president's re-election campaign."
on the website of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum, describes the daughter of the nation's 35th president this way:
"An attorney and the editor of nine New York Timesbest-selling books on constitutional law, American history, politics and poetry. She is president of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and a member of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award Committee. ... From 2002鈥�2011, she was vice chair of the Fund for Public Schools, which raised over $280 million to support public school reform and engaged a record number of New Yorkers to volunteer in New York City schools."
According , current Ambassador "is expected to step down from the post after three and a half years."
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