The United States Senate on Tuesday voted to approve the television producer Colleen Bradley Bell’s appointment as US ambassador to Hungary. The appointment was approved in a vote of 52 to 42. The Hungarian foreign ministry had granted its approval on Ms Bell’s appointment already last autumn. John McCain, a Republican senator and former US presidential candidate, addressed the congress before the vote, attacking Ms Bell’s candidacy. He said Ms Bell was a „totally unsuitable” nominee to be ambassador in Hungary, which is a „very important country where bad things are going on.”