Senator Robert Menendez

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

• 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 posts. The July 31 vote on Craft’s nomination was 56 to 34, with 5 …

US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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Will Democrats Stall Trump’s Nominee for the UN Indefinitely?

Stéphanie Fillion

• July 29, 2019

After the Senate Foreign Relations Committee just voted to place 13 Trump administration nominees across diverse positions in the State Department, Senate ranking member Robert Menendez is using another nomination as a negotiating chip to demand details on two controversial White House migration pacts with Guatemala and Mexico. Senator Menendez (D-N.J.) is blocking the …

Migration, UN Diplomats, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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

Dulcie Leimbach

• July 22, 2019

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

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Jane Holl Lute, US Security Expert, Is Now UN Adviser on Iranian Exiles

Benjamin Foldy

• January 14, 2014

With the appointment of Jane Holl Lute, an American, as his special adviser for relocating the residents of Camp Hurriya, located outside Baghdad in Iraq, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is showing a willingness to take major steps toward resolving a situation that has become an increasingly sore point for the Iraqi, Iranian and …