North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik is one step closer to being appointed U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

President Donald Trump's pick for U.N. ambassador shared insight into his direction for foreign relations in a Senate committee hearing on Tuesday. In her opening remarks, Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y.,

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Elise Stefanik pledged Tuesday to push President Donald Trump’s “America First” stance if confirmed as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and roll out a review of U.S. funding critical for U.N. operations and its many agencies around the world.

During her Senate confirmation hearing, President Trump’s pick for ambassador to the United Nations said she was willing to leverage U.S. contributions to force changes in pursuit of his “America First” agenda.

North County Rep. Elise Stefanik moved one step closer to being confirmed as President Donald Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday, when the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to advance her nomination out of committee and into a vote by the full Senate.

President Trump sees “great promise" in the United Nations, according to his U.N. ambassador nominee Elise Stefanik, who is expected to promise to bring “reform" to the organization.

Two New York Republicans are headed to the Trump cabinet with Rep. Elise Stefanik as United Nations ambassador and Lee Zeldin as EPA administrator.

Rep. Elise Stefanik appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday for her confirmation hearing as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. During the hearing, she emphasized her commitment to implementing President Trump’s “America First” agenda and announced plans to review U.

Stefanik argued the US needs “to be a voice of moral clarity on the UN Security Council and at the United Nations at large for the world to hear the importance of standing with

Representative Elise Stefanik, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as ambassador to the United Nations, faced questions at her Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday. She told lawmakers she would advance Trump’s "America First" agenda at the international body.

She was elected to Congress in 2015 as a moderate Republican and is leaving a decade later as one of Trump’s most ardent allies.

Rep. Elise Stefanik pledged Tuesday to push President Donald Trump's "America First" stance if confirmed as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and roll out a review of U.S. funding critical for ...