Reference News Network, September 20 report - According to Reuters, September 19 report, the U.S. Senate on September 19 confirmed Michael Waltz, former national security advisor to President Trump, as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, filling the last important position in the Republican administration.
According to reports, in the Senate composed of 100 members, the voting result was 47 votes to 43 votes - mainly along party lines.
Trump removed Waltz from his post as national security advisor on May 1 and appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio as a temporary replacement.
According to reports, Waltz was criticized by Democrats for accidentally adding the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine to a private discussion group on the "Signal" application, which detailed the details of the U.S. bombing operation in Yemen.
The report said that since Trump began his second term on January 20, the United States has not had a permanent representative to the United Nations. Trump withdrew his initial nomination of New York Congresswoman Alice Steenblock in March, when the Republicans were trying to maintain their slim majority in the House of Representatives to advance the president's "America First" agenda.
The report said Waltz's appointment coincides with the upcoming United Nations General Assembly, where world leaders will gather in New York. However, it is still unclear what his official role will be there. The Senate vote was to confirm him as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and the representative of the United States to the Security Council, but not as the representative of the United States to the United Nations General Assembly. (Translated by Li Sha)
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