US Senate confirms Biden UN nominee Thomas-Greenfield
The 100-member Senate backed Thomas-Greenfield by 78 to 20 to be Washington's representative at the UN & a member of Biden's Cabinet, comfortably exceeding the simple majority needed.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield attends the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on her nomination to be the United States Ambassador to the United Nations on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 27, 2021.(photo credit: MICHAEL REYNOLDS/POOL VIA REUTERS)ByREUTERS