Ex-ambassador to Canada named US ambassador to UNBy ASSOCIATED PRESShome/News/World/Ex-ambassador to Canada named US ambassador to UNWASHINGTON, D.C.: President Donald Trump announced Friday (Saturday in Manila) that he has selected Kelly Craft, the US ambassador to Canada, as his nominee to serve as the next US ambassador to the United Nations. She is also friends with McConnell’s wife, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, and thanked Chao for her “longtime friendship and support” at her swearing-in as ambassador. As US ambassador to Canada, she played a role in facilitating the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, a revamp of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Trump had also considered US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell and former US Senate candidate John James of Michigan for the post. With Nauert out of the running, officials said Pompeo had been keen on Craft to fill the position.

Source: Manila Times February 23, 2019 16:52 UTC