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Shaheen Backs Trump U.N. Pick After Deal to Release Frozen Foreign Aid Funds

The top Democrat on the foreign affairs panel cast the deciding vote to allow Michael Waltz’s nomination to go to the floor in exchange for a promise from the administration to release money for Haiti and Nigeria.

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Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a New Hampshire Democrat, at the Capitol in June.
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Michael Waltz Defends Signal Group Chat During U.N. Ambassador Hearing

Michael Waltz, the former national security adviser, doubled down on the Trump administration’s defense of a Signal group chat where senior officials discussed war plans.

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Michael Waltz, the former national security adviser, testified before Congress on Tuesday at a hearing on his nomination to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
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