Senator James Risch

Biden’s UN Nominee Fends Off Questions About Being Soft on China

January 27, 2021

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, appearing before a Senate committee confirmation hearing on Jan. 27 for her nomination as United States envoy to the United Nations, handled a barrage of Republican accusations that the new Biden administration and she were not tough enough on China. The rhetoric from the Republican camp reached a crescendo when Senator Ted …

Africa, General Assembly, Human Rights, Nuclear Disarmament, Security Council, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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Trump’s Candidate for UN Diplomat in Geneva Faces Dissent as Senate Vote Nears

July 22, 2019

by Dulcie Leimbach

Is President Trump’s nominee to represent the United States at the United Nations in Geneva in last-minute trouble? A long, detailed letter, sent to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by prominent global human-rights groups and those concentrating on women’s health, voices strong opposition to the candidacy of Andrew Bremberg as US ambassador in Geneva. …

Gender-Based Violence, LGBT, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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Senate Hearing for Heather Nauert as US Envoy to UN Could Happen in February

January 14, 2019

by Dulcie Leimbach

President Trump announced that he was nominating Heather Nauert, the chief State Department spokesperson, to succeed Nikki Haley as the United States ambassador to the United Nations on Dec. 7, 2018, after Haley resigned the job in October. Since Trump’s announcement, by tweet, much has been reported on the nomination and bare-bones experience of …