Kelly Knight Craft has been confirmed by the Senate to be the next U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
President Trump nominated Craft to replace Nikki Haley as the Ambassador. At the time Craft was the U.S. Ambassador to Canada.
According to Town Hall:
Kelly Knight Craft, the woman who will replace Nikki Haley, has been confirmed as the next ambassador to the United Nations. The full Senate voted 56-34 Wednesday night after Craft was voted out of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee 15-7 earlier in July.
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During her confirmation hearing in June, Craft vowed to continue reform of the UN and called on members of the international body to pay their fair share.
“The United States must continue the drumbeat of reformat the UN. Of course, the issue of reform has been something of a mantra for members of both parties on this committee, and for good reason,” Craft said. “The United States has long been the world leader in supporting humanitarian aid, spending more than eight billion dollars a year through USAID and international organizations such as UNICEF and the World Food Program. But I also believe other responsible nations can and must do more to contribute their fair share, and I will make that point firmly and frequently. Again, the UN is stronger, not weaker, when more of its members are invested in the success of its most important work.”
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“I believe the United States must remain vigilant in constraining efforts by our strategic competitors to gain influence at our expense. I speak in particular about Russia and China–two nations with cynical approaches to the United Nations,” she said. “If confirmed, I will miss no opportunity to draw attention malign influence at the UN; to distinguish American leadership from the corrosive, underhanded conduct of those nations;and to reinforce the values—our values—thatwere central to the UN’s founding.”
United States Senator Marco Rubio applauded the move while slamming the United Nation for becoming platforms for Russia, China, and others to attack the United States and the allies that align with the U.S.
