Mike Waltz

US to UN: 'All options on the table' as Washington backs Iranian people

Washington backed Iran’s people at the UN as it signaled readiness to act.

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United States Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Iran at the request of the United States at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., January 15, 2026.
Samuel Reinaldo Moncada Acosta, Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations, addresses a Security Council meeting to discuss 'ongoing US aggression' against the country, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, December 23, 2025.

UN Security Council to meet Monday over US action in Venezuela

The US military action overnight constitutes "a dangerous precedent," Guterres' spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.

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Mike Walz, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations met with President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday, December 10, 2025.

President Herzog meets with US's UN ambassador Walz to discuss Israel-Gaza peace implementation

The meeting, which Israel’s UN representative Danny Danon was also present for, took place at the President's Residence in Jerusalem.

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Mike Waltz and UN Ambassador Danny Danon observe at the US military base in Kiryat Gat on November 9, 2025.

‘This is significant’: Danon says Waltz’s Israel visit reflects Washington’s commitment to region

“Ambassador Waltz chose Israel and Jordan in order to better understand the on-the-ground realities.

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Trump national security adviser: Hamas will never govern Gaza

He added in an interview with CBS's "Face the Nation," "Hamas will never govern Gaza. That is completely unacceptable."

JANUARY 19, 2025ByREUTERS
MICHAEL WALTZ, Donald Trump’s national security adviser, gestures during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, last summer.

Biden's, Trump's national security advisors discuss Israel-Hamas War, hostages

The first meeting between Sullivan and his intended successor, who will inherit a long series of crises around the world.

NOVEMBER 24, 2024ByWALLA!
Illustrative image of White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Mike Waltz, who President-elect Trump has appointed as his national security adviser.

'Expect strong response,' Trump's national security advisor pick tells ICC

In a post on X, Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton decried the ICC as a "kangaroo court" and called Karim Khan a "deranged fanatic."

NOVEMBER 21, 2024ByHANNAH SARISOHN
Congressman Mike Waltz speaks on Day 1 of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US, July 15, 2024.

Donald Trump picks Mike Waltz as new national security adviser, WSJ reports

Waltz has criticized Chinese activity in the Asia-Pacific and has voiced the need for the United States to be ready for a potential conflict in the region.

NOVEMBER 12, 2024ByREUTERS
US Rep. Michael Waltz (left) questions the panel while Rep. Mike Johnson holds a map of the Middle East during a House Armed Services Committee hearing, in Washington, US, September 29, 2021