Obama Nominates Nisha Desai Biswal to Key USAID Post

U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated Nisha Desai Biswal as assistant administrator for Asia in the U.S. Agency for International Development. Biswal, an Indian-Americam, currently serves as a majority clerk for the State Department and House Foreign Operations Subcommittee. She has also previously worked as special assistant to the USAID administrator, the Press Trust of India reports.