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RFE/RL: US Senate confirms Haley, Ukraine sovereignty advocate, as UN envoy

Published Jan. 25, 2017. Updated Jan. 25 at 9:41 am

Gov. Nikki Haley, (R-SC), speaks during her Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, January 18, 2017 in Washington, DC. Haley was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to become representative of the United States of America to the United Nations.

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The U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations by a decisive 96-to-4 vote on Jan. 24.

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley won support from most Democratic senators because she testified that she does not support Republican efforts to slash U.S. funding for the UN.