by Reuters and Israel Hayom Staff
"Nowhere has the U.N.'s failure been more consistent and more outrageous than in its bias against our close ally Israel," Republican South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley reportedly states in prepared testimony for Wednesday's Senate hearing.
Republican South Carolina
Governor Nikki Haley
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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee
for American ambassador to the United Nations is expected at her Senate
confirmation hearing to blast the world body over its treatment of
Israel, according to prepared testimony seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
"Nowhere has the U.N.'s failure been more
consistent and more outrageous than in its bias against our close ally
Israel," Republican South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley said in the
opening remarks for her appearance on Wednesday before the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee.
"Any honest assessment also finds an
institution that is often at odds with American national interests and
American taxpayers," the speech said.
In the remarks, Haley offered some praise for
U.N. activities, such as health and food programs that have saved
millions of lives, weapons monitoring and some peacekeeping missions, in
something of a departure from Trump, who has disparaged the United
Nations.
Other Trump national security nominees,
notably his choices for secretary of state, former Exxon Mobil Corp
chairman Rex Tillerson, and defense secretary, retired Marine Gen. James
Mattis, have also broken from the Republican president-elect in
testimony before the Senate.
Noting that the United States contributes 22%
of the U.N. budget, far more than any other country, Haley asked: "Are
we getting what we pay for?" She promised to work with U.S. lawmakers to
pursue what she described as "seriously needed change" at the United
Nations.
Some Republican lawmakers, led by South Carolina Senator
Lindsey Graham, have threatened to cut U.S. funding for the United
Nations after the Security Council adopted the Dec. 23 resolution
demanding an end to settlement building by Israel. Graham will introduce
Haley at her hearing.
Reuters and Israel Hayom Staff
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=39661
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