WASHINGTON—The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is aiming to hold hearings on President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees for Secretary of State and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Jan. 15 and Jan. 16, respectively, a committee spokesperson told The Epoch Times on Jan. 7.
Trump’s pick to be the nation’s top diplomat is Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Trump’s U.N. pick is Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.).
Trump announced Stefanik as his pick on Nov. 11. In a statement, he called her a staunch advocate of his and the first member of Congress to endorse his 2024 presidential campaign. He then mentioned her leadership in combating anti-Semitism on college campuses as a member of the House Education and Workforce Committee….