WASHINGTON ― South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R), President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, told a Senate hearing Wednesday that she opposes two of Trump’s most controversial positions: his determination to build a partnership with Russia and his support for a registry of Muslims in the U.S.“Crimea is Ukraine, not Russia,” Haley said, criticizing Moscow’s two-year occupation of the region and its ongoing conflict with the pro-European government in Ukraine, as well as its support for the internationally condemned government of Syria. She would not support lifting Crimea-related sanctions on Russia until President Vladimir …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
