ambassador to canada his name is bruce heyman and if confirmed he'll be joining the administration not as a career foreign service officer nor as a career politician but rather a career investment banker you see bruce heyman is a goldman sachs executive making his money as a managing director for the company's private wealth management group so what kinds of qualifications does haman have that merits the top diplomatic spot while according to canadian newspapers he's done trades in canada with the country being his regional focus all of goldman sachs however there is one other small qualification that's important to note mr hammond has been one of obama's top bundle earth or fund raisers for his presidential campaign both bruce heyman and his wife started giving to obama back in two thousand and seven and even hosted a fundraiser in their home that year but during the two thousand and twelve campaign they took it one step further by serving on obama's national finance committee together the haman's collected and contributed a total of one point seven million dollars to the president's

both bruce heyman and his wife started giving to obama in 2007 and even hosted a fundraiser in their home that year. during the 2012 campaign they took it one step further by serving on obama's national finance committee. together they collect it and contributed $1.7 million to th'. as a thank you for that support he got an ambassadorship. according to a bloomberg report released this summer, these donor turned ambassador appointments are becoming standard practice in washington. while obama once pledged that he would not let money rule his administration, a review of his appointees five years into his presidency shows that the big donors are landing the top overseas assignments. in fact since obama entered his second term, posted in italy, belgium, spain, and the u.k. have all gone to top haying supporters. at least 26 of his current and nominated ambassadors were major contributors giving at least 13 point $6 million to the president, the democratic party, and congressional candidates. white house spokesman josh earnest has defended these picks saying obama chose some distinguished