Trump to nominate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to be U.S. ambassador to Israel

[Pelican Press 0]

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

Trump to nominate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to be U.S. ambassador to *******

Washington — President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has selected former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to serve as the U.S. ambassador to *******.

“Mike has been a great public ********, governor, and leader in ****** for many years,” Trump said in a statement. “He loves *******, and the people of *******, and likewise, the people of ******* love him. Mike will work tirelessly to bring about Peace in the Middle East!”

The post requires approval by the Senate, though Huckabee is unlikely to face major obstacles to confirmation in the upper chamber, where Republicans are expected to hold at least 52 seats in the next Congress.

Huckabee is among the early picks announced by the president-elect as he begins building out his Cabinet and other key posts. Among those are Rep. Elise Stefanik as U.S. ambassador to the ******* Nations and Rep. Michael Waltz as national security adviser. Sources say he is expected to tap Florida Sen. Marco Rubio for secretary of state, though the selection is not finalized.

Huckabee served as Arkansas’ governor from 1996 to 2007 and unsuccessfully sought the *********** presidential nomination in 2008 and 2016. After leaving office, he hosted a show on Fox News and a radio program. He is a staunch defender of ******* and has

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

he has visited the country more than 100 times over the course of 50 years.

During his first term, Trump moved the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem during his first term, which President Biden maintained.

If confirmed next year, Huckabee will take over the post amid Isreal’s war with ****** and ******’ holding of dozens of ******** hostages, including four ********* citizens. Discussions about a cease-***** between ******* and ****** have repeatedly stalled, and on Saturday, Qatar, a mediator with ******, announced it had suspended its efforts and would resume them when “the parties show their willingness and seriousness to end the brutal war and the ongoing suffering of civilians.”

Sen. Bill Hagerty, a *********** from Tennessee, said in an interview with “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Sunday that he believes “the environment has totally changed” following Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris last week.

******** Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has spoken with Trump three times in recent days and called the conversations “good and very important.” ******** President Isaac Herzog met with Mr. Biden at the White House on Tuesday. 

More than 1,200 civilians were ******* and 250 were abducted when ****** launched its ******* attacks on ******* on Oct. 7, 2023. Roughly 100 hostages are believed to be still in Gaza, although a third are thought to be *****. More than 43,000 Palestinians have been ******* in *******’s offensive, according to the ******-run health ministry, though it is unclear how many are civilians and how many are militants.

Following the start of *******’s war with ******, Iran-allied Hezbollah, began ******* rockets, missiles and drones from Lebanon into *******.

Melissa Quinn

Melissa Quinn is a politics reporter for CBSNews.com. She has written for outlets including the Washington Examiner, Daily Signal and Alexandria Times. Melissa covers U.S. politics, with a focus on the Supreme Court and federal courts.

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

#Trump #nominate #Arkansas #Gov #Mike #Huckabee #U.S #ambassador #*******

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up