The former ambassador to the Netherlands previously backed Canada as "a sovereign state" despite annexation threats.

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Pete Hoekstra, a former ambassador to the Netherlands, to be ambassador to Canada, a ...

Michigan's Pete Hoekstra received bipartisan support with a 60-37 vote from the Senate Wednesday for the U.S. ambassador of ...

At his U.S. Senate confirmation hearings, Peter Hoekstra, Donald Trump’s nominee as ambassador to Canada, was asked bluntly ...

Washington ― The U.S. Senate voted 60 to 37 Wednesday to ... will enter his new role amid a bitter trade war between the United States and Canada and under a chief executive who has infuriated ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed ... ties between his home state of Michigan and the United States' northern neighbor. "Canada is a sovereign state, yes," Hoekstra said at ...

They’re a sovereign nation. And Canada is not an emergency for the United States.” Earlier Wednesday, in a social media post, Trump called the Senate resolution an empty gesture.

WASHINGTON -- Former Michigan congressman Pete Hoekstra has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the new United States ambassador to Canada. He will become America’s top diplomat in Ottawa in a ...

At his U.S. Senate confirmation hearings ... U.S. “I look forward to beginning my work in Canada and once again serving the people of the United States of America at this important time in ...