Howery still needs to be confirmed by the Senate for the role.
Like many of the PayPal crew, Howery and Thiel were college buddies at Stanford.
As far as U.S. State Department officials go, Howery seems to enjoy an unusually colorful social life.
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Indeed, nearly half a dozen times throughout the Times piece, reporters refer to his capacity to party.
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