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On July 30, 2021, President [[Joe Biden]] nominated Lipstadt for this role.<ref>{{cite web |title=President Biden Announces Intent to Nominate and Appoint Leaders to Serve in Key Religious Affairs Roles |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/07/30/president-biden-announces-intent-to-nominate-and-appoint-leaders-to-serve-in-key-religious-affairs-roles/ |website=The White House |date=30 July 2021 |access-date=28 March 2022}}</ref> Opposition from Senator [[Ron Johnson]], whom she had tweeted was advocating "white supremacy/nationalism", delayed her nomination for many months.<ref name="forward.com">{{Cite web|url=https://forward.com/fast-forward/484685/senate-advances-nomination-of-deborah-lipstadt-as-antisemitism-envoy/|title = Senate advances nomination of Deborah Lipstadt as antisemitism envoy| date=29 March 2022 }}</ref> Her initial nomination expired at the end of the year and was returned to President Biden on January 3, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=PN1165 — Deborah E. Lipstadt — Department of State 117th Congress (2021–2022) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/1165?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22lipstadt%22%2C%22lipstadt%22%5D%7D&s=2&r=2 |website=US Congress |date = 3 January 2022|access-date=28 March 2022}}</ref>
The [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]] held hearings on her nomination on February 8, 2022. On March 29, 2022, the committee favorably reported her nomination out of committee. Her nomination was supported by all committee Democrats, as well as senators [[Mitt Romney]] and [[Marco Rubio]].<ref name="forward.com"/> Her nomination was confirmed by voice vote on March 30, 2022, and she was sworn in on May 3, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=PN1572 – Nomination of Deborah E. Lipstadt for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021–2022) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/1572?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22lipstadt%22%2C%22lipstadt%22%5D%7D&s=1&r=2 |website=www.congress.gov |access-date=1 August 2022 |date=30 March 2022}}</ref> Lipstadt was part of the Biden administration team that launched the [[U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism]] on May 25, 2023.<ref>{{Citation |title=Launch of U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPt8ZWreEjE |access-date=2023-07-24 |language=en}}</ref> On October 17, in a joint statement with [[Michal Cotler-Wunsh]] published by the [[U.S. State Department]], she condemned the [[2023 Hamas attack on Israel|October 7 Hamas attack]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Joint Statement by SEAS Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt and Israeli Special Envoy for Combating Antisemitism Michal Cotler-Wunsh |url=https://www.state.gov/joint-statement-by-seas-ambassador-deborah-lipstadt-and-israeli-special-envoy-for-combating-antisemitism-michal-cotler-wunsh/ |website=United States Department of State |date=October 17, 2023}}</ref>
==David Irving libel suit==
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