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NZ prepared to stand up and be counted says Trump’s nominee for ambassador
New Zealand is “fiercely independent” and you can’t tell it what to do, the next US ambassador to New Zealand, Scott Brown, told the Senate foreign relations committee today.
He specifically cited its opposition to China’s expansion in the South China Sea and its criticism of North Korea’s missile testing.
The former US Senator is almost certainly going to get bipartisan support and…