Indian-American Nikki Haley Confirmed US envoy to UN

PTI Published in Asian Age, Wednesday, Jan 25, 2017

With this, Haley, 45, becomes the first Indian-American to serve in a presidential administration at a Cabinet level position.

 

James kottoor(Note: Nikki Haley, 45, is the South Carolina Governor who thus becomes  the first Indian-American to serve in a presidential administration at a Cabinet level position. What is more she was approved by the Senate on a 96-4 vote which speaks of her public support. Bobby Jindal is another Indian American governor.

Therefore it is for very good reasons that President Trump spoke well of Indian Americans, as brainy guys and wants Indian students studying in US to stay on to work here and don’t return to India, which will amount to a Brain Drain for US. So can we expect the president to be generous in giving student visas to Indian youngsters? For that we have to wait and see. james kottoor, editor).

Washington: The US Senate has confirmed Nikki Haley as the next Ambassador to the United Nations, making her the first Indian-American to serve on a Cabinet rank position in any presidential administration in the US.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee had yesterday overwhelmingly approved the nomination of The South Carolina Governor as the next US Ambassador to the United Nations.With this, Haley, 45, becomes the first Indian-American to serve in a presidential administration at a Cabinet level position.

Haley was approved by the Senate on a 96-4 vote. She is expected to be sworn in shortly.Haley, who will replace Samantha Power at the UN, has already created history by becoming the first women Indian-American Governor of a US State.

After Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, she is only the second ever Indian-American to be elected as the Governor of a State.Haley would now be replaced by Lt Gov Henry McMaster as governor and will complete her term that ends in 2018.

Senator Bob Corker, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee had said that Haley is a fierce advocate for American interests."Governor Haley appears up to the task and seems to understand this as well," said Senator Ben Cardin, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as he voted to approve Haley's nomination as the next US Ambassador to the UN.

"What Governor Haley lacks in foreign policy and international affairs experience, she makes up for in capability, intelligence, and a track record of building coalitions in South Carolina," Cardin said. Once a fierce critic of Trump, Haley in November was selected as the first woman and first minority to serve in the Trump Administration.

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