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Nikki Haley

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Nikki Haley is an American politician and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from January 2017 to December 2018. She was the first female governor of South Carolina, holding office from January 2011 to January 2017. As governor, Haley focused on economic development, education reform, and job creation, and she gained national attention for her leadership during the aftermath of the Charleston church shooting in 2015, where she called for the removal of the Confederate flag from the statehouse grounds.

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Jun 27, 2017

I can tell you, it has been nothing short of abusive what has happened to Israel.

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Jun 27, 2017

I see it as an opportunity. We should take it as the opportunity that it is.

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Jun 27, 2017

I think that when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, I think he is being very effective in terms of--when I was there, there is hope.

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Jun 27, 2017

I think we need to continue to do that.

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Jun 27, 2017

I will continue to do that and I see that as my role in my job.

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Jun 27, 2017

I have always supported the Embassy move and I believe the President supports it as well. It is not about if it happens. It is about when.

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Jun 27, 2017

A healthy Syria is not with Assad. You can't have Assad in power with a healthy Syria.

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Jun 27, 2017

I have made it public that I do believe they interfered with our elections. I have also said we can't have any country interfere in our elections and I stand by that.

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Jun 27, 2017

It is essential that this council address its chronic anti-Israel bias if it is to have any credibility.

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Jun 27, 2017

I think my job is to sit there and ignore what is happening in DC because I have found the rhetoric has just been over the top.

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Jun 27, 2017

We shouldn't offer any sanction relief before Russia finally lives up to its obligation in Minsk.

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Jun 27, 2017

I think it is incredibly important.

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Jun 27, 2017

For the United States to be involved in the Human Rights Council they have to give us a reason to be

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Jun 27, 2017

I can say this: I have kept my promise. Our friends and our rivals know that America has once again found its voice at the United Nations.

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Jun 27, 2017

If I am privileged to be the U.S. Ambassador, I will never sit passively while America's interests and America's friends are run down at the U.N.

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Jun 27, 2017

I am very concerned that we may not be able to defeat this.

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Jun 27, 2017

We need to keep the pressure on Maduro.

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Jun 27, 2017

Show our strength, show our voice, [and] have the back of our allies.

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Jun 27, 2017

Human rights and conflict are directly connected.

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Jun 26, 2017

The goal is at this point not just to send Assad a message but to send Russia and Iran a message that if this happens again, we are putting you on notice. And my hope is that the President's warning will certainly get Russia and Iran to…

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Jun 26, 2017

The U.N. a more accountable body and one that, in your words, 'better serves the interest of the American people.'

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May 24, 2017

The protection of human rights is often deeply intertwined with peace and security.

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Apr 12, 2017

Russia is trying to show their muscle. I don't think that we can trust them.

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