Trump is expected to formally nominate Kelly Knight Craft next week to be the new United States ambassador to the United Nations
Two people familiar with the matter said Craft expects her nomination will be sent to the Senate next week, though one warned that the White House often changes course at the last minute. She plans to meet members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee soon after the nomination is submitted. The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
could be scuttled, people familiar with the matter said. Trump initially announced Nauert as his U.N. choice on Dec. 7. But the nomination was scrapped in mid-February, ostensibly over Nauert’s previous employment of a nanny who lacked a proper work permit. “Observers underestimate the amount of time it takes to fill out the financial disclosure forms,” a person familiar with the process told POLITICO. “Every holding must be disclosed and explained. The Office of Government Ethics comes back with multiple questions that have to be answered to their satisfaction.”
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