Thanks, I think you mean he is the former U.S. Ambassador to Spain.
Nope, still the current one -- Trump hasn't replaced him, yet.
SAM 44 stayed in holding for quite a while. All the brass at the Pentagon were coming back from the inauguration parade and getting ready for the balls, maybe they had to find someone to make a decision on where to go. March AFB is a reserve base but a KC-10 did land while SAM 44 was in holding so the base was open.
Due to Murphy's Law, there was a power outage at the base so they were still in recovery mode, which probably contributed to the delay. Pretty exciting day for the base commander.
