MOVES- Trump names veteran diplomat Jonathan Cohen as next ambassador to Egypt: US President Donald Trump has nominated acting US representative to the United Nations Jonathan Cohen (bio) to become the next US ambassador to Egypt, a White House statement said. Cohen is a senior US diplomat, having overseen the European and Eurasian affairs from 2016 to 2018, and been the deputy chief of mission in Iraq, France and Cyprus. He has served as the acting representative to both the UN and the UN Security Council since Nikki Haley resigned from the position last year. The US has been without an ambassador in Cairo since 2017 when Robert Beecroft left the role. Thomas Goldberger has been chargés d’affaires in the period since. The Hill has more.

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