Haley: Trump admin. committed to longstanding U.S. policy on settlements

Nikki Haley, the nominee for USA ambassador to the United Nations, disagreed Wednesday with President-elect Donald Trump on several foreign policy issues.

While speaking clearly on Israel- perhaps the single most frequent point of questioning throughout her hearing- the governor contrasted with some other members of the incoming Trump administration on several points, including with her prospective future boss, secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson.

Graham will introduce Haley at her hearing. Ben Cardin of Maryland asked about her views on Russian Federation and President Vladimir Putin.

Can you understand right now why the world perceives the Trump administration to be the exact opposite of clear in where we stand and strong in our values?

“During anxious times, it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices“, Haley said in the speech. He is looking at those things.

Corker said the committee could clear her as early as January 23 and set up a floor vote the following day, along with Tillerson, if they answer the panel’s written questions by then.

“What he says after that will be most important”.

“She certainly has an independent view and that’s what senators wanted to see in her and I think that’s why you saw her being so well received”, panel chairman Sen. Haley said she is a strong believer in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation alliance and that Russia’s annexation of Crimea must not stand.

Her commitment to that pledge will be tested in navigating theareas where the president elect’s public statements on foreign relations breaks from USA policy norms.

If confirmed by the Senate, she would be the first Indian American to hold a cabinet-level position in a presidential administration.

But at her Senate confirmation hearing, Haley said she’s ready to work to reform the United Nations and to challenge the anti-Israel bias at the world body.

The United States, she asserted, needs to start showing its strength.

Haley, who turns 45 on Inauguration Day, said the world body is “often at odds with American national interests and American taxpayers”.

Referring to the alleged misdeeds of some of the peacekeeping troops, Haley said the troop-contributing countries need to take action against them. He has been dismissive of the New York-based institution, deriding it in a December tweet as “just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time”.

Haley called the USA abstention last month on a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israel’s settlement activity, “a awful mistake” because it allowed the measure to pass without an American veto. It’s that relationship that highlighted portions of the hearing.

She did not only need to answer for her state administration’s foreign policy stances – Haley previously took a stand against resettling Syrian refugees in SC that she had to clarify her rationale for – but also point out where her stances aligned and differed from President-elect Trump. “That is what has always taken place, and I think it’s risky when the United Nations starts to tell two different bodies what should and shouldn’t happen”. He has said the U.N.is not a friend of Israel and that he would reject and peace agreement with the Palestinians that it might propose.

Although Haley has little global experience, she received considerable praise from committee members who expressed confidence that she would be confirmed. She also disagreed with a proposed U.S. Muslim registry, saying it would be unconstitutional. She spent six years in the state legislature after a career in business before winning the governorship in 2010. Ms. Haley (44) is quoted as asking, in a copy of her opening statement obtained by CNN. But diplomacy itself is not new to me. “I do not believe in slash and burn”, she said.