Biden Picks Linda Thomas-Greenfield as UN Ambassador

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Biden Picks Linda Thomas-Greenfield as UN Ambassador

November 22, 2020 at 10:43 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 23 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/11/22/biden-picks-linda-thomas-greenfield-as-un-ambassador/

"SNIP......

“Democrats close to President-elect Biden expect him to name Linda Thomas-Greenfield as ambassador to the United Nations, looking to a Black woman and respected diplomat to restore morale,” Axios reports.

......SNIP"

[sheshe2]

1. Another woman.

A Black woman.

He is empowering women. I love this.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield (born 1952) is an American diplomat who served as the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs in the United States Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs from 2013 to 2017.[2][3] She is a senior counselor at Albright Stonebridge Group in Washington, DC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Thomas-Greenfield

[mopinko]

3. older, too.

68, tho she sure doesnt look old.
i love it. well past the age where she is gonna buy any shit.

[Lucky Luciano]

8. No kidding. I'd guess her to be 52.

[csziggy]

17. She's 68 - a very good age for stability

Considering it's my age, that is my informed opinion.

[elleng]

4. Senior counselor at Albright Stonebridge Group

[Yavin4]

2. In 2017 she was terminated by the Trump administration as part of a "purge of senior State Departmen

A long forgotten scandal when Trump purged the State Dept.

[Cha]

11. I thought something like that may

have happened.. looking at the date she left the State Dept.

This is Grand her coming back as UN Ambassador with the Biden Admin!!

Biden has to do some "purging" of maggots himself if need be.

[BGBD]

5. Extremely qualified.

Remember, her first appointment to an ambassadorship was under GWB.

[onetexan]

6. Impressive!!

Hope Susan Rice gets SoS.

[BGBD]

7. Gonna be

Tony Blinken. He was Bidens NSA as VP, then got moved over to be deputy NSA for Obama, and then Deputy SoS. He's a great pick.

[onetexan]

24. Thanks, yes i read yesterday. Glad we have a good pick for SoS. Plenty of roles so Susan will get a

good pick .

[left-of-center2012]

13. Nope

You must have missed the earlier news on that.

[onetexan]

25. i did miss it and just found out yesterday. Glad we have a good pick.

[halfulglas]

9. Wonderful choice.

I' m so glad he is bringing back some state department people who were unceremoniously dumped. We are going to desperately need their institutional knowledge as we try to rebuild what was torn down almost 4 years ago. We have to get back the people who know how to turn the back on.

[BobTheSubgenius]

10. Thomas-Greenfield sounds very British.

So...an international flavour, right there in the name. A great start.

[BainsBane]

12. I thought Hillary was going to be UN Ambassador?

[left-of-center2012]

14. Why ?

[BainsBane]

15. Because they floated her name

about a week ago.

[left-of-center2012]

16. I don't think the Biden people floated her name.

Some people here on DU have suggested it.
I've been following the news on this pretty closely and I did not see her name mentioned.

[BainsBane]

18. There was a news article

It wasn't just someone here who made it up. For example: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/biden-administration-hillary-clinton-un-ambassador-b1722378.html

[left-of-center2012]

19. I didn't say people here made it up

I said some people here were pushing it.

Please don't put words in my mouth.
It's really unfair.

Bye

[BainsBane]

20. Your words

"Some people here on DU have suggested it.
I've been following the news on this pretty closely and I did not see her name mentioned."

[Rice4VP]

21. No more Hillary

[peggysue2]

22. Please, let's leave Hillary alone

Give the woman some peace. She deserves that at a minimum. And I don't think she has any desire to return to the public arena. Why would she?

Hillary Clinton can serve the country as a private citizen with a lot less harassment. I suspect she'll be considered one of the most consequential women of our era. But her time in public service is over.

[wnylib]

23. I don't think Hillary is interested in

a government position now. Just my perception. She has an admirable list of achievements - First Lady, Senator, Secretary of State, and first woman candidate for president. She has other activities that she is involved in, plus her family. I'm thinking she enjoys her life as it is.