President-Elect Donald Trump has named former acting Attorney General Matthew G. Whitaker the next United States Ambassador to NATO.

President-elect Trump on Wednesday announced former Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker as his choice for U.S. ambassador to NATO.

President-elect Donald Trump announced the nomination as U.S. allies make contingency plans for an expanding war, and Moscow brandishes new threats over U.S. missile policies.

Donald Trump's choice of Matt Whitaker as ambassador to NATO is an unusual one, given his background is as a lawyer and not in foreign policy.

Matthew Whitaker, who served in the Trump administration briefly as acting attorney general, has been nominated by President-elect Trump as NATO ambassador.

Trump appoints Whitaker as NATO ambassador despite lack of foreign policy experience, raising concerns about U.S. representation within alliance.

Donald Trump says he has chosen former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO, the bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect has repeatedly expressed skepticism about. Trump, in a statement, said Whitaker was “a strong warrior and loyal Patriot" who "will ensure the United States’…

The president-elect names Matt Whitaker, a political loyalist who denounced criminal cases filed against Trump

WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump chose lawyer Matthew Whitaker on Wednesday (Nov 20) to be US ambassador to NATO, selecting a loyalist with little foreign policy experience for what may be one of the highest-profile ambassadorships during Trump's second administration. US relations with t

Donald Trump says he has chosen former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO, the bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect has repeatedly expressed skepticism about.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has tapped former acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker as U.S. ambassador to NATO — set to make him the nation’s representative to a bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect has repeatedly relished criticizing. Whitaker has a legal and criminal justice background, rather than one focused on foreign policy and national […]

Donald Trump has tapped former acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker as U.S. ambassador to NATO, set to make him the nation’s representative to a bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect has repeatedly relished criticizing.

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday named Matt Whitaker, a former acting attorney general from his first presidency, as the U.S. ambassador to NATO, the cornerstone Western military alliance whose member countries Trump has criticized for not spending enough money on defense. In a statement, Trump described Whitaker, 55, as "a strong warrior and loyal patriot" who "will ensure the United States' interests are advanced and defended" and "strengthen relationships with our NATO allies and stand firm in the face of threats to peace and stability." Whitaker has a long career as a lawyer but is not steeped in foreign or military policy. Whitaker, like numerous other Trump appointees, has been an ardent Trump loyalist. Whitaker has been a vocal critic of the two federal criminal cases brought against Trump that are now likely to be erased as he assumes power again on January 20. During his presidency, Trump assailed the countries who were not spending enough on defense, saying they were in arrears in their “dues”…