{"id":8134,"date":"2024-11-12T15:16:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T20:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=8134"},"modified":"2024-11-12T15:16:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T20:16:11","slug":"trump-taps-mike-huckabee-for-us-ambassador-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/politics\/trump-taps-mike-huckabee-for-us-ambassador-role\/njackson\/2024\/11\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Taps Mike Huckabee For Us Ambassador Role"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Tuesday, President-elect Trump announced\u00a0former Governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee, has been nominated to be The United States Ambassador to Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMike has been a great public servant, Governor, and Leader in Faith for many years,\u201d Trump said in a statement. \u201cHe loves Israel, and the people of Israel, and likewise, the people of Israel love him. Mike will work tirelessly to bring about Peace in the Middle East!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Huckabee served as governor of Arkansas from 1996-2007, winning two full terms after taking over for former Gov. Jim Guy Tucker (R), who resigned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump\u2019s ambassador to Israel during his first term was David Friedman, who worked on brokering the Abraham Accords, which aimed to normalize relations between Israel and Arab nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.<\/em><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-22feb7b1-7fff-0bd5-1860-b95ee54a9048\"><div><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/span><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, President-elect Trump announced\u00a0former Governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee, has been nominated to be The United States Ambassador to Israel. \u201cMike has been a great public servant, Governor, and Leader in Faith for many years,\u201d Trump said in a statement. \u201cHe loves Israel, and the people of Israel, and likewise, the people of Israel 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