Trump taps SC Gov Nikki Haley to be ambassador to UN
US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley as US ambassador to the United Nations, the first woman tapped for a top-level administration post during his White House transition so far. It will be a Cabinet-level position, and Haley has accepted.
"Governor Haley has a proven track record of bringing people together regardless of background or party affiliation to move critical policies forward for the betterment of her state and our country," Trump said in a release Wednesday. "She is also a proven dealmaker, and we look to be making plenty of deals. She will be a great leader representing us on the world stage."
Haley, an outspoken Trump critic throughout much of the presidential race, would become his first female—and first nonwhite—Cabinet-level official if confirmed by the Senate. She's the daughter of Indian immigrants and is the second Asian-American to serve as a US governor.
