The Senate approved the candidacy of Mike Waltz for the position of permanent representative of the United States to the United Nations
The US Senate approved the candidacy of Mike Waltz for the position of the country’s permanent representative to the United Nations. CBS News reported this
47 senators voted for Volz’s appointment, 43 spoke against it. He will begin his duties after the signing of the relevant decree by President Donald Trump. This position remained vacant for eight months.
In the summer, Democrats promised tough hearings over Waltz’s involvement in the Signal chat scandal, where senior administration officials accidentally leaked classified details of the military strike in Yemen. Volz admitted full responsibility for the incident. The hearing went quite calmly for him, and the incident was mentioned only more than an hour after the questions began.
His candidacy was first supported by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on July 24, thanks, among other things, to the vote of Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen. In early September, the committee revisited the issue over procedural objections from Democrats to the order of the original vote. The committee finally approved Volz’s candidacy on September 17. Senator Rand Paul was the only Republican to oppose the appointment.
