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Did you know... that Rockwell A. Schnabel was nominated as United States Ambassador to the European Union instead of Ambassador to Italy, after Italian-Americans demanded one of their own be in that position?

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 15:19, 26 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Rockwell A. Schnabel was nominated as Ambassador to the European Union instead of Ambassador to Italy after Italian-Americans demanded one of their own be in that position instead? Italian-Americans complained that one of their own wouldn't be representing the US in Rome. Schnabel, who is a Dutch-born entrepreneur with not-insignificant experience in politics and diplomacy, was scratched, even though the Italian government had already formally accepted his appointment.
- ALT1:... that while Rockwell A. Schnabel was serving as United States Ambassador to Finland, Frank Gehry was building a house for him in Los Angeles? "Most of the time, however, on this first visit here from Helsinki since August, they’ve had fun with family and old friends, and supervised the building of their house on the Westside. ... The architect is Frank O. Gehry..."

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/A Question of Europe
Comment: 386 → 4210 bytes of readable prose per checker tool

5x expanded by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk). Self-nominated at 23:56, 21 May 2020 (UTC).[reply]

This article is a five-fold expansion and is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline and either of the hooks could be used, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:21, 26 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]