Linda Thomas-Greenfield

The U.N. is uniquely poised to take on our shared global challenges from countering terrorism, to promoting the rights of women and girls.

I can tell you what I did with the money. I give a tremendous amount of my very meager resources to humanitarian efforts.

we need to be there. President Biden has indicated that we will run to rejoin the Human Rights Council in Geneva

If confirmed, I pledge that the United States will increase our engagement and leadership within the U.N. LGBTI Core Group.

If confirmed, I pledge to do everything in my power to preserve and protect U.S. sovereignty within the United Nations.

Israel has no closer friend than the United States, and I will reflect that in my actions at the United Nations.

To me, that represents the progress and the promise of America.

If confirmed, I will ensure that the United States reasserts its leadership in the U.N. system.

As the U.N.'s largest financial contributor, the United States has a central role to play in holding the U.N. accountable.

I will publicly and privately call on member states to oppose the perpetuation of these bodies.

I expressed to this committee early on my strong and, frankly, it was unacceptable, what I saw in terms of what the Confucius Institute was doing in Georgia.

We also have to pay our dues if our influence is going to continue.

President Biden is committed to ensuring that the United States plays a prominent role on climate issues.

I look forward to standing with Israel, standing against the unfair targeting of Israel.

I will be fighting to ensure that either Americans or like-minded allies are--hold those significant positions.

I lived through an experience and witnessed a genocide in Rwanda, so I know what it looks like and I know what it feels like, and this feels like that.

China is a strategic competitor and poses challenges to our security, and to our prosperity, and to our values.

Our voice is the most important voice, and I will tell you that over the past 4 years, the U.S. presence, our leadership, and our voice has been missed on these key issues of good governance.

If confirmed, I know we will maintain open lines of communication to ensure we work together as efficiently and effectively as possible.

I am deeply honored to appear before you as President Biden's nominee to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

We have to change our approach, and we have to make our approach more strategic.

What we have seen happen over the past few years is some decrease and diminishment in democracies around the world, and we need to boost those democracies up.

China is a strategic adversary, and their actions threaten our security.

They are undermining our security, they are undermining our people, and we need to work against that.

Our leadership must be rooted in our core values: support for democracy, respect for universal human rights, and the promotion of peace and security.