Jeane Kirkpatrick, who served as United Nations Ambassador under President Reagan and was one of the most forceful members of Reagan’s foreign policy team, has died:
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, a conservative political scientist who became the first woman to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, died at her home outside Washington late Thursday, colleagues announced today. She was 80.
A notice of her death was posted this morning on the Web site of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington where Kirkpatrick worked as a senior fellow.
“The United States has lost a great patriot and a champion of freedom, and AEI mourns our beloved colleague,” the announcement said.
During the height of the Cold War, Kirkpatrick was America’s voice at the United Nations. And a more forceful voice we could not have asked for. You may not have always agreed with her, but you had to admire her.
Others remembering Kirkpatrick: Michelle Malkin, Wizbang, Gates of Vienna, Outside The Beltway, Rick Moran
December 8th, 2006 at 1:11 pm
The Passing of Jeane Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick was a staunch defender of US interests at the United Nations and was excoriated by those who thought that the Ambassador should represent UN interests in the US (a position that John Bolton knows quite intimately).
December 9th, 2006 at 6:13 pm
Jeanne Kirkpatrick, RIP
The former UN ambassador who spoke against the blame-America mentality constant at the UN has passed away (H/T: Michelle Malkin and The Corner).