Cindy McCain tapped to lead UN World Food Programme
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By Barbie Nadeau, Lindsay Isaac, Jennifer Hansler and Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN US diplomat Cindy McCain, the widow of the late Arizona Sen. John McCain, was appointed Thursday to head the United Nations’ World Food Programme.
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The widow of Arizona GOP senator and 2008 presidential candidate John McCain has been the U.S. envoy to the WFP and Food and Agriculture Organization since November 2021.
Cindy McCain, the widow of the late Republican Senator John McCain, has been tapped to lead the world's leading humanitarian organization at a pivotal time.
U.S. Ambassador Cindy McCain, widow of former Republican Arizona Senator John McCain, has been appointed head of the United Nations' World Food Program.
U.S. Ambassador Cindy McCain was appointed head Thursday of the U.N. World Food Program, the world’s largest humanitarian organization which aims to help nearly 150 million people confronting conflicts, disasters and impacts of climate change this year.
By Barbie Nadeau, Lindsay Isaac, Jennifer Hansler and Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN US diplomat Cindy McCain, the widow of the late Arizona Sen. John McCain, was appointed Thursday to head the United Nations’ World Food Programme.
U.S. Ambassador Cindy McCain was appointed Thursday to head the U.N. World Food Program, the world's largest humanitarian organization which aims to help nearly 150 million people confronting conflicts, disasters and impacts of climate change this year.
The appointment of Cindy McCain, widow of Arizona senator and 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain, was jointly announced by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization Director-General Qu Dongyu.
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