The U.N. announced Monday that America’s Amy Pope, a onetime adviser to ex-U.S. President Barack Obama and White House incumbent Joe Biden, now heads its globalist migration agency.
Pope, who said she was “humbled and honored” after defeating Director General António Vitorino of Portugal in a ballot, will serve as director general for the International Organization for Migration for a five-year term, starting on Oct. 1.after the vote she was looking forward to a key role in an issue that is growing in global importance from the Mexico border in the U.S. right across Europe and into Africa and Asia.
File/U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks alongside Amy Pope , Senior Director at the National Security Council, and Ali Mayorkas , Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary, during the opening session of the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, February 17, 2015.
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