Cindy McCain on her new U.N. ambassador role and diplomatic ‘baptism by fire’

Written by on May 17, 2022

This transcript has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.

You were confirmed and started this role shortly before Russia invaded Ukraine. And I know you mentioned a few weeks ago that about half of your day is spent talking with foreign officials about trade restrictions, specifically on food. How has your role changed since the invasion? And specifically on some of those issues about trade restrictions, what are the tools that you can leverage there?

First of all yes, most of my day is . . .



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