Nikki Haley in Trump Cabinet members actions and issues
On Civil Rights:
Women don't have more challenges, just different ones
"I don't think women have more challenges. They don't. I've never thought that. I think our challenges can be different, but I don't think we have more challenges," she says. "The frustrations, I think, are literally what every other woman goes through.
Balancing your marriage and your kids and your finances and your work and wanting to really make people proud. Making sure your parents are okay. Loving the job you do and wanting to be great at it."
Source: The Washington Examiner on Trump Cabinet
Dec 13, 2018
On Foreign Policy:
Helped broker U.N. sanctions on North Korea
According to former national security adviser H.R. McMaster, Haley played a "central role" in brokering the U.N. sanctions on North Korea. "She has what we call strategic
empathy," he says. "She's able to take problems from the perspective of others and then frame these problems from their perspective. What she was particularly adept at doing was convincing others why it was in their interest to join us."
Source: The Washington Examiner on Trump Cabinet
Dec 13, 2018
On Foreign Policy:
Obama was wrong to abstain on Cuba's anti-US resolution
She is disdainful of where the United States was at the end of Obama's tenure. "For example, right before I came in, there was a Cuban-sponsored anti-American resolution."
That would be the evergreen condemnation of the U.S. embargo of Cuba. In the fall of 2016, when the vote came up, "The United States abstained," Haley recounts, "It blamed America for all of Cuba's problems, and we just... abstained."
Source: The Washington Examiner on Trump Cabinet
Dec 13, 2018
On Principles & Values:
Humbling to be a role model for girls and women
"Young girls and women come up and say something, and it's humbling but I get it," she tells me. "The reason I get it is because women balance so much and they try so hard to be great at everything, and it's not so much as they look up to me, but
I think they see one of them doing it, too." Haley says, "We're doing the best we can and we know that there is someone out there looking at us as we do it, and we don't want to disappoint."
Source: The Washington Examiner on Trump Cabinet
Dec 13, 2018
On War & Peace:
Condemned Russia for criticizing US over Syria response
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons on his own people, an act Haley condemned as "a violation of all standards of morality." The Russian ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, began a meeting of the Security Council by criticizing the
United States for making threats. "What is strange is that Russia is ignoring the real threat to international peace and security that has brought us all here, and it is ignoring its own unilateral responsibility for all of it," she said.
Source: The Washington Examiner on Trump Cabinet
Dec 13, 2018
On War & Peace:
Military action & sanctions against Syrian chemical weapons
Q: Since last year, there have been at least 30 chemical weapons attacks in Syria. Why did this particular attack last week warrant military action?HALEY: Obviously this was cumulative. Assad had been using chemical weapons multiple times. But more
so, this was about the Security Council resolutions--Russia had vetoed all of them. So we felt like we had gone through every diplomatic measure of talking that we could, and it was time for action. We hope Assad got the message [that] the international
community will not allow chemical weapons to come back into our everyday life, and the fact that he was making this more normal and that Russia was covering it up, all of that has to stop.
Q: Are there any consequences for Assad's patrons,
Russia and Iran, who continue to protect him?
HALEY: Absolutely. So, you will see that Russian sanctions will be coming down. They will go directly to any sort of companies that were dealing with equipment related to Assad and chemical weapons used.
Source: CBS Face the Nation 2018 interviews of Trump Cabinet members
Apr 15, 2018
On Civil Rights:
Our goal should always be to empower women
I think any democracy that has allowed themselves to really lift up women has benefited from it.
Our goal should always be to empower women, to show how they can be fantastic leaders, and to help them get there--and when they are successful, support and encourage them.
Source: Council on Foreign Relations on Trump Cabinet
Mar 29, 2017
On Foreign Policy:
Time to show people reasons to support the U.N.
This is a moment of great responsibility for those who believe in peace and security through international cooperation. Countries all over the world are turning inward. People are questioning the value of interactions with other nations and with
international institutions. Some of those questions are good ones and long overdue, but there's also a danger. Hanging in the balance is the very relevance of the United Nations. This is a time, in short, to show the people reasons to support the U.N.
The Human Rights Council is so corrupt. Countries get on it to protect themselves, to make sure that the fingers never pointed at them instead of actually looking at what we need to be doing around the world. When you've got bad actors that actually
sit on the Human Rights Council, it makes you call into question what we're trying to do. I don't think the Human Rights Council has been effective. I'm trying to find value in the Human Rights Council. If I find it, I'll let you know.
Source: Council on Foreign Relations on Trump Cabinet
Mar 29, 2017
On Foreign Policy:
US is world's conscience; participation in UN reflects that
I came to the U.N. with the goal of showing the American people value for our investment in this institution. And when I say value, I'm not primarily talking about budgets. I'm talking about making the U.N. an effective tool on behalf of our values. The
United States is the moral conscience of the world. We will not walk away from this role, but we will insist that our participation in the U.N. honor and reflect this role.
The fact is, peace and security cannot be achieved in isolation from human rights. In case after case, human rights abuses are not the byproduct of conflict; they are the cause of conflict, or they are the fuel that feeds the conflict. Desperate people
subject to humiliation and abuse will inevitably resort to violence. People who are robbed of their humanity and dignity will inevitably want revenge. They are also vulnerable to manipulation or coercion by extremist groups.
Source: Council on Foreign Relations on Trump Cabinet
Mar 29, 2017
On Foreign Policy:
We will deal fairly with people who are fair to us
At the U.S. Mission, we're all about changing the culture and bringing positive energy to the United Nations. We've put accountability front and center. I have no tolerance for unmet promises and inaction. We demand that of ourselves and we expect it of
others. We're also having the backs of our allies, and we're not afraid to call out the governments that don't have our backs. We will deal fairly with the people who are fair with us. If not, all bets are off.
Source: Council on Foreign Relations on Trump Cabinet
Mar 29, 2017
On Immigration:
Refugee ban: What we did was take a pause
Q: What do you think of the administration curtailing immigration from Muslim-majority countries.HALEY: I am the proud daughter of Indian immigrants. I believe that the fabric of America is legal immigration. This is not about not wanting people in.
This is about keeping the terrorists out. We should never ban based on religion, I mean, period. We should never. And I don't think that's what this is. We will never close our doors in the United States. We won't. But what we did do was take a pause.
Source: Council on Foreign Relations on Trump Cabinet
Mar 29, 2017
On War & Peace:
Peacekeeping forces should not be permanent
Q: Several times you talked about the idea of exit strategy. What is wrong with having open-missions with peacekeeping if it's basically doing a good job at a reasonable cost?HALEY: Because there should never be a time we don't want to lift up
countries. There should never be a time we don't want to make them more independent. If we're there all the time, all you're doing is creating dependence. So what we're looking at is you're going to see us wind down. But guess what? We're going to work
harder on those areas that truly don't have peace, those areas that are trying to get stability and can't get there.
If we are going into an area like South Sudan, there is a serious problem when we can't get food and medical equipment to those people
who need it. The reason we can't get it to them is not just because of extremists. It's because of their own government. When you've got that issue, we actually have to punish the government for not allowing us to bring in aid to those.
Source: Council on Foreign Relations on Trump Cabinet
Mar 29, 2017
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