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IANS | 23 Feb, 2019
US President Donald Trump announced that he will nominate Kelly Knight
Craft, the country's incumbent Ambassador to Canada and a major
Republican donor, to be Washington's Ambassador to the UN.
Craft
is set to succeed Nikki Haley, who left the UN post at the end of last
year, pending a Senate confirmation. Craft is Trump's second pick after
his first candidate, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert,
withdrew from consideration last week citing family concerns, The
Washington Post reported.
Trump praised Craft's tenure at the embassy in Ottawa as "outstanding" as he made the announcement on Twitter on Friday.
"I
am pleased to announce that Kelly Knight Craft, our current Ambassador
to Canada, is being nominated to be US Ambassador to the UN," Trump
said.
"Kelly has done an outstanding job representing our nation
and I have no doubt that, under her leadership, our country will be
represented at the highest level. Congratulations to Kelly and her
entire family."
Trump had announced Nauert as his pick in December, but she was never formally nominated.
According
to informed sources, the President considered a number of candidates
this week for the prestigious ambassadorship, including Richard Grenell,
the ambassador to Germany.
If confirmed, Craft is unlikely to
hold the same Cabinet-level rank that Haley had made a condition of
taking the job. Without that rank, the next UN Ambassador is not likely
to attend as many White House meetings as Haley did and may be less
influential.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo welcomed Craft's selection.
"Ambassador
Craft has been an outstanding advocate for America's national security
and economic interests in Canada and she is extremely well-qualified to
do the same at the UN," Pompeo said in a statement on Friday.
Craft, 56, was a business executive and philanthropist before she was sworn in as Ambassador to Canada in September 2017.
Her husband, Joe Craft, is president and chief executive of coal producer Alliance Resource Partners.
The
couple are major Republican donors, having given about $1.5 million to
party candidates in 2016, including $270,800 to Trump's campaign
committee or his joint fundraising committee with the Republican
National Committee.
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