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Senator Mitch McConnell

Look Out, UN, Here Comes More Kentucky

Barbara Crossette
• January 2, 2020

Mitch McConnell, the United States Senate Majority Leader, is known for his obstructionist role as Donald Trump’s enforcer and enabler of domestic policies and executive orders. Lately, the senator from Kentucky has also begun maneuvering in foreign policy and diplomacy, …

Categories: US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

Destination Kentucky: An Unusual Choice for Kelly Knight Craft’s Security Council Trip

Stéphanie Fillion
• November 18, 2019

While most countries use their presidency in the United Nations Security Council to visit war zones and pivotal peacekeeping missions around the globe, the United States ambassador, Kelly Knight Craft, is taking her counterparts to her home state of Kentucky …

Categories: Security Council, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

Kelly Knight Craft: A ‘Very Impressive Individual’ or ‘Unfit to Serve’?

Irwin Arieff
• July 31, 2019

The Senate has confirmed Kelly Knight Craft to be Washington’s top ambassador to the United Nations, even as a key Democrat pronounced her “unfit to serve.” The move ends a seven-month vacancy in one of the country’s most senior diplomatic …