MORE: Kelly Knight Craft, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, a wealthy Republican donor, and the wife of a coal magnate, was confirmed 56-34.
The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, filling a position that had been vacant for eight months after Nikki Haley left the administration.
The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-NJ, published a report Wednesday hours before the vote, that called Craft"inexperienced" and"unknowledgeable" and said she would be"outmatched" at the United Nations and on the world stage. While Haley was a member of Trump's Cabinet, the administration has since demoted the position out of the Cabinet.
"Ultimately, I would not have accepted the president's nomination if I was not certain I was ready for the task at hand," she added."Never in our nation's history have we nominated such a underqualified person to this critical post," Menendez said Wednesday.
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