Waltz, who was Trump’s national security adviser, was confirmed 47-43.
Waltz’s confirmation came ahead of Trump’s attendance at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City next week, where he is set to speak. Trump adviser Jason Miller had said it would be a “terrible look” if the Senate did not confirm Waltz before Trump addressed the assembly.
Trump nominated the now-U.N. ambassador in May, when he was removed as national security adviser after he inadvertently added a journalist from the Atlantic to a Signal group chat in which sensitive attack plans were discussed.
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Waltz’s nomination, among dozens of other lower-level nominees, was slow-walked by Democrats, who refused to offer their support for Trump’s picks, forcing the upper chamber to alter its rules to bypass
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