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Mike Waltz
Michael George Glen Waltz is an American politician, diplomat, businessman, author, and former Army Special Forces officer who has served as the 32nd United States ambassador to the United Nations since September 2025 in the second Trump administration. He previously served as the 29th national security advisor from January to May 2025 and was the U.S. representative for Florida's 6th congressiona…
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Born 31 January 1974 · Q55386653
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2026· 6 entries
Public attention spiked: 8,078 Wikipedia readers in one day, 10.4× the usual 779, with 0 article edits.
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Yahoo: Mike Waltz confronts leftist Democrat over Cuba trip after Marco Rubio jab: 'His entire family is from Cuba'
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Yahoo: Mike Waltz Calls Cuba a ‘National Security Threat,’ Accuses China and Russia Of Collecting Information Around US Bases
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Waltz said that Iran's strikes on other Gulf nations during the 2026 Iran war will unite countries against Iran and will ultimately backfire on them
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Waltz addressed the UN Security Council to express his strong support for the demonstrators involved in the 2025–2026 Iranian protests
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2025· 18 entries
Click2Houston: How Mike Waltz is leading the Trump administration's 'a la carte' approach to UN funding
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Waltz was also confirmed by the Senate as the United States representative to the United Nations General Assembly
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Was confirmed for the office in a 47–43 vote by the U
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The committee approved of Waltz's nomination by a 12–10 vote for a full Senate confirmation vote
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It was reported that Waltz and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had held discussions in March 2025 about a potential strike on Iran
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It was reported that Waltz, along with Deputy National Security Advisor Alex Wong, would leave their posts following group chat leaks on the messaging platform Signal
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It was reported that Mike Waltz and his deputy, Alex Nelson Wong, would leave their respective posts
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President Trump nominated Waltz to serve as the next United States Ambassador to the United Nations
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The Wall Street Journal reported that according to American officials, Waltz had started and hosted multiple other Signal group chats containing Cabinet members to discuss sensitive issues related to national security, i
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It was revealed by The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg that Waltz had inadvertently added him to a Signal group chat discussing the upcoming US strikes in Yemen targeting Houthi militia before they were publicl
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Waltz announced a visit to Greenland, which was criticized by Greenlandic leaders as an aggressive move amid ongoing tensions over U
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Waltz confirmed on CNN's State of the Union that the United States would continue offensive cyber operations against Russia
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American and Russian delegations, headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, respectively, met in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in order to develop a framework for further peace negotiat
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Waltz held a meeting attended by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to "discuss implementing President Trump's vision of securing the nation and prioritizing American interests on both d
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Waltz tendered his resignation from the U
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Career landmark: United States National Security Advisor (2025–2025).
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Career landmark: United States representative (2025–2025).
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Career landmark: United States Ambassador to the United Nations (2025).
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2024· 10 entries
President-elect Trump announced he would appoint Waltz to serve as national security advisor (NSA) in his second administration
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President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would appoint Waltz to serve as his national security advisor
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Waltz was announced as one of seven Republican members of a bipartisan task force investigating the attempted assassination of Donald Trump
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Voted against multiple bills to provide aid to Ukraine
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Suggested that Trump could threaten to damage the Russian economy by lowering the price of oil and gas, using it as a leverage
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Called China an "existential threat to the US with the most rapid military build-up since the 1930s", and supported significant investments in the US Navy
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Waltz published a video on X expressing support for Canadian opposition leader Pierre Poilievre, who he said was going to send Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau "packing in 2025 (finally) and start digging Canada ou
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His book Hard Truths: Think and Lead Like a Green Beret was published
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Waltz received a Congressional Leadership Award from the agricultural policy groups Organization for Competitive Markets and Competitive Markets Action for leading the letter
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Campaign: 2024 presidential election.
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2023· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (2023–2025).
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2022· 2 entries
Waltz and 46 other Republican representatives voted for the Respect for Marriage Act, which codified the right to same-sex marriage in federal law
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Wrote the book Dawn of the Brave, a colorful, animal-filled Christian children's book about service
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2021· 4 entries
Waltz voted against legislation to establish the formation of a January 6 commission meant to investigate the storming of the U
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Waltz was the first member of Congress to call for a full U
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Career landmark: United States representative (2021–2023).
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Was the first member of Congress to call for a full U
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2020· 4 entries
During the COVID-19 pandemic, he tested positive for the virus
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Secured legislation that provides a universal requirement for researchers from all agencies to disclose all foreign funding sources in applications for federal funding
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2022, and 2024 with over 60% of the vote in each election
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Waltz had personally realized capital gains in the range of $5-25 million, according to disclosure releases
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2019· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (2019–2021).
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2018· 2 entries
Waltz was elected to the House of Representatives, defeating former ambassador Nancy Soderberg and succeeding Ron DeSantis, who was elected governor of Florida that same year
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To succeed incumbent Republican Ron DeSantis, who retired before being elected governor of Florida
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2014· 1 entry
His book Warrior Diplomat: A Green Beret's Battles from Washington to Afghanistan was published
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2010· 2 entries
“s Battles from Washington to Afghanistan. In 2010, Waltz helped found the analytics and training company Metis Solutions. It was bought in November 2020 by Pacific Architects and Engineers for $92 million. Upon becoming the national security advisor under President Donald Trump, Waltz retired from the Army National Guard at the rank of colonel. U.S. House of Representatives (2019–2025) Elections 2018 Waltz ran for Florida”
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Waltz helped found the analytics and training company Metis Solutions
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2000· 1 entry
Then serving two years as an active duty Special Forces officer with multiple tours in the Middle East and Africa
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1996· 2 entries
Graduating with honors as a Distinguished Military Graduate
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Studied at Virginia Military Institute, Bachelor of Arts (1996).
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1992· 1 entry
Studied at Stanton College Preparatory School (1992).
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1974· 2 entries
Born 1974-01-31.
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To a single mother in Boynton Beach, Florida, and grew up in Jacksonville, where he graduated from Stanton College Preparatory School
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