The White House nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, took unfriendly fire from Democratic senators on Tuesday, facing questions about his honesty and integrity in a highly charged confirmation hearing that offered fresh insights into U.S. plans to remake the world body in President Donald Trump’s vision.
The former Republican congressman and U.S. national security adviser told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he would work to refocus the U.N.’s mission on ending wars, saying over the decades it had “drifted from its core mission of peacemaking.”
“I’m confident under this president’s leadership, we can continue to spread peace and prosperity, and I’m confident we can make the U.N. great again,” he told the lawmakers.
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Colum Lynch
Colum Lynch is an award-winning reporter and Senior Global Reporter for Devex. He covers the intersection of development, diplomacy, and humanitarian relief at the United Nations and beyond. Prior to Devex, Colum reported on foreign policy and national security for Foreign Policy Magazine and the Washington Post. Colum was awarded the 2011 National Magazine Award for digital reporting for his blog Turtle Bay. He has also won an award for groundbreaking reporting on the U.N.’s failure to protect civilians in Darfur.
