WASHINGTON—The Senate confirmed Mike Waltz on Sept. 19 to be U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
The tally was 47–43. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) joined all Republicans in voting in favor of the nomination.
This comes just in time for the annual U.N. General Assembly, which President Donald Trump is set to attend next week in New York.
It also follows a several-month vacancy at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations as the original nominee, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), was withdrawn due to the narrow Republican majority in the House of Representatives, as the GOP was looking to pass its tax-and-spending bill….