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Haley’s Midterm Report Card at the UN

Nikki Haley, the US envoy to the UN, about to speak on why the United States was resigning from the UN Human Rights Council, June 19, 2018. Her achievements as ambassador have not strayed far from what she told Congress she would set out to do in the job, with exceptions. US STATE […]

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Nikki Haley Resigns the US Ambassadorship, Surprising the UN Community

[…] choice of a successor will reveal how the administration views the United Nations.” PassBlue has been reporting on Haley closely in her ambassadorship, in a column called Nikki Haley Watch, for more than one year. Our recent article examined her stances damning Iran while ignoring Israel’s illegal settlements and sniper fire on protesters in Gaza, leaving […]

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Can Nikki Haley Distance Herself From the Growing White House Scandals?

President Donald Trump and Nikki Haley, his representative to the UN, presiding over a UN reform event, Sept. 18, 2017. Given the escalating number of scandals tainting the White House, can Haley distance herself from the crises? MARK GARTEN/UN PHOTO A record number of staff members have quit, resigned or been fired by the […]

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Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, in the Security Council chamber, Oct. 18, 2018.

Now That She’s Gone: Nikki Haley’s Legacy at the UN

Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, in the Security Council chamber, Oct. 18, 2018. She left a bruising mark on the UN, having criticized it constantly and lectured other countries, yet some of her peers admired her. RICK BAJORNAS/UN PHOTO After two years as the American ambassador at the United Nations, […]

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Nikki Haley at Boeing Plant in South Carolina, May 2013

Nikki Haley Revs Up: ‘We’re in the Money’

Nikki Haley, the former US envoy to the UN, has been nominated to join the Boeing board, among other new ventures that could raise a lot of money for a possible presidential run by her. As governor of South Carolina, she helped Boeing expand its plant there, a move celebrated above, May 10, […]

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Is Nikki Haley Using the UN as a Political Ladder? Could Be

Nikki Haley’s visit to Israel in June 2017 included a tour of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, where she laid a wreath in the Hall of Remembrance. Is Haley using her ambassador perch at the UN to aspire to higher political office?, the author asks. US EMBASSY The uncanny success of […]

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The US Ambassador’s Love Affair With TV News Shows

US Ambassador Nikki Haley on the CBS news program “Face the Nation,” July 8, 2017. Nikki Haley has been appearing on American TV news programs an awful lot lately, so what gives? Some observers point to Haley as a refreshing and stable face amid an unpredictable White House and uncannily quiet secretary of state, […]

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Nikki Haley Makes Her Choice: She’s a Forever Trumper

Nikki Haley, at the State Department, June 19, 2018, as the United States announced its withdrawal from the Human Rights Council. The reviewer of her new book says that it “brims with love for the commander in chief” and that she brags about her advice to him.  “With All Due Respect: Defending America […]

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Michael Haley’s Real Estate Deal With Family Property

Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, with her husband, Michael Haley, looking out over the South Carolina Statehouse, when she was governor, 2013. Nikki Haley’s husband, Michael, sold a family property in Lexington, S.C., to a local investment firm in January 2018, removing a major liability from the family’s balance sheets while also […]

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Nikki Haley, Another Year Older and Deeper in Debt

President Trump speaking to staff members at the US mission to the UN, with Ambassador Nikki Haley, after the UN General Assembly high-level debate, Sept. 26, 2017. Haley’s newest financial disclosure form reveals her increasing debt from mortgages and credit cards.  It can be upsetting to see government officials, as they so often do, […]

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Dear Ambassador Haley: Diplomacy Is a Team Sport

Nikki Haley, the top US diplomat at the UN, with Ethiopia’s prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn. Haley traveled to Africa in October, but few details about her trip have emerged from her office. USUN When working on sticky world problems, should the United States use the United Nations as a forum to try to […]

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