Linda Thomas-Greenfield
@LindaT_G
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Grandma, wife, mom in that order. Served as @USUN Ambassador 2021-25, reformed diplomat and now traveling for fun.
Virginia, USA
Joined May 2016
Honored and humbled to serve as @USAmbUN. To everyone who has reached out to offer kind words, including my second family in the Foreign Service and around the world: I'm sorry I'm unable to reply to all of you! Your support means everything to me.
I am honored, and beyond humbled, to have been sworn in today by @VP Kamala Harris as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Diplomacy is back. Multilateralism is back. America is back.
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My mother taught me to lead with the power of kindness and compassion to make the world a better place. I’ve carried that lesson with me throughout my career in Foreign Service – and, if confirmed, will do the same as Ambassador to the United Nations.
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I’ve had the privilege to build relationships with leaders around the world for the past thirty-five years. As U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, I’ll work to restore America’s standing in the world and renew relationships with our allies. Blessed for this opportunity.
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In my thirty-five years in the Foreign Service across the world, I put a Cajun spin on it. I call it Gumbo diplomacy. Wherever I was posted, I’d invite people of all walks then make homemade gumbo. Thats how you break down barriers, connect, and see each-other as humans.
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The challenges we face—a global pandemic, the global economy, the global climate crisis, mass migration and extreme poverty, social justice—are unrelenting and interconnected. But they’re not unsolvable if America is leading the way.
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I've been around long enough to know that global change relies on diplomacy and building relationships with people around the world. We need our allies. We need our partners. We need our friends.
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Congratulations!.
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It has been 25 years since I witnessed the the unfolding of the genocide against the Tutsis. I would wake up to the sound of gunfire and later find myself a target. I lived to tell the story and today I honor those who did not survive. #Kwibuka25 #NeverAgain.
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Serving as a diplomat in the Foreign Service, I rarely had all the ingredients to make the perfect gumbo. But across four continents, my goal was always the same: bring people together and connect by breaking down barriers and finding common ground.
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Happy Thanksgiving to all. I am thankful for family and friends. I am truly thankful for your good wishes. I am thankful for our country and #BidenHarris. Just finished a “drive by” dinner. Friends picked up food at the door. Gumbo tomorrow! LTG.
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Traditionally in Louisiana, the 1st gumbo of the season is served the day after Thanksgiving. This year, drive-by #Gumbodiplomacy is how we're holding on to tradition and staying safe. Wishing you a safe & happy Thanksgiving from my family to yours!.
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Proud Day. This is Democracy Day! Hallelujah! Democracy has prevailed!.
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I'd like to congratulate @jrpsaki and the dynamic group of women announced to join the Biden-Harris White House communications team. You all represent the very best of America. I couldn't be more proud and excited for the future!.
President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris today announced new members of the White House staff who will serve in senior communications roles. For the first time in history, these communications roles will be filled entirely by women.
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Today marks Holocaust Remembrance Day, when we raise our voices together to say "Never Again," and commit to combating anti-semitism and other forms of hatred across the globe. #NeverAgain.
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We need to remind the State Department that Africa is not a country!.
State Department issues a sweeping statement on "upcoming elections in Africa," doesn't clarify which of the continent's 54 countries its referring to
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Today, chaos made its way into the capitol building. Yet, the outgoing administration’s response fails to uphold democracy's most central principle—the peaceful transfer of power. Respect the democratic process and end this siege immediately.
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Happy #InaugurationDay! Democracy is about the will of the people. Today’s inauguration continues our long history of leadership transitions that bring in new ideas, new voices, and strengthen our democracy.
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This was the response to peaceful #BlackLivesMatter demonstrations at the Lincoln Memorial last summer.
No one can tell me that if it had been a group of Black Lives Matter protestors yesterday that they wouldn’t have been treated very differently than the mob that stormed the Capitol. We all know that’s true — and it’s unacceptable.
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It’s National Walking Day! Get on your sneakers and enjoy the weather! (LTG).
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Nearly 200 countries came together five years ago today to adopt the Paris Agreement. Rejoining on day one, working with countries around the world, and bringing everyone to the table is how we will bring about bold action that is urgently needed to tackle the climate crisis.
Five years ago today, the world gathered to adopt the Paris Agreement on climate change. On day one of the Biden-Harris administration, we will rejoin the Paris Agreement.
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As a Black woman from Louisiana, I was an outsider when I first joined the Foreign Service. But I had the honor of representing the U.S. across the globe for 35 years, and now I'll proudly sit behind our placard at the UN. My career represents the progress and promise of America.
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@LindaT_G Linda we are so proud of you! A high achiever since high school. Always sweet, kind and compassionate. Stay on course and close to God🙏🏾❤️.
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We voted for kindness over meanness, love over hate, life over death, unity over divisions. We voted for @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris .
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Happy Father’s Day in heaven Pawpaw. A great man, Oliver Thomas, Jr., who left this earth too soon, but lives on in his children, grandchildren, and great grands!
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@SecPompeo Mr. Secretary: With all due respect, we would like to hear your reflections and comments on the threats made against Ambassador Yavanovitch. She and other Department employees deserve to hear from you. #Yovanovitch.
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#HumanRightsDay reminds us that human rights begin at home. No matter where in the world you call home, let us all continue the fight for the basic rights and fundamental freedoms affirmed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Today, President-elect Biden recognizes #HumanRightsDay and honors those who work tirelessly, often at great personal risk, to defend fundamental freedoms and fight oppression. The President-elect's full statement:
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Jessica—2023 class of Franciscan High School graduate—Congratulations!
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Thanks to all who participated in this important conversation. We need America's diplomats to reflect the rich diversity our country represents.
We are so proud to have taken part in a roundtable conversation with @Transition46's @ABlinken and @LindaT_G on diversity, equity, and inclusion at the @StateDept and related topics.
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My day was just made. Walking through the airport in Chicago, I see 2 #Refugees families from Congo with #iom bags. I stopped to say hello and welcome them to the US. Enroute to Salt Lake City and Cleveland to start new lives. #RefugeesWelcome #unhcr.
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Great to meet with @SenBillCassidy, a fellow Louisianan and LSU grad. Grateful for the opportunity to discuss my home state, Tigers football, and foreign policy issues at the UN all in one conversation.
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Sad news! Ambassador Edward Perkins left tis world on Saturday, Nov 7. He was an icon and a giant among diplomats. He was a mentor, a friend, and a role model for many. I had the honor of working for him and learning from him. Thank you Ed for inspiring us all.
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Today we lost a great diplomat and a good friend, Ambassador Princeton Lyman. He was an extraordinary man and leaves an incredible legacy in all of us who he mentored and developed. He will be sorely missed. Deep condolences to his family.
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Happy 245th! Semper fi!.
Happy 245th Birthday to the @USMC. As a former diplomat, especially grateful to all the men and women who guard our Embassies around the world.
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#DRC. Commend President Kabila for announcing his intention not to run with the selection of Minister Shadary as the party candidate. Now allow @moise_katumbi to return to compete among the other candidates. In a free and fair process, let the people choose!.
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Happy International Women’s Day to all the brave women from the past and the future. None as great as this woman who gave me my courage and my gray hair.
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Life takes some weird twists. I went to the hospital on Sunday with a fever worried I had contracted covid only to learn I had an infection from a gall stone and needed surgery. Survived it. The silver lining: who goes to the hospital for a fever except during a Covid Pandemic.
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#FSProud! I am #FSProud to have served in the Foreign Service with patriotic colleagues like Ambassadors Yovanovitch and Taylor as well as others who have put their lives and reputations on the line in the name of freedom. @afsatweets.
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#PortlandProtest. I am appalled and ashamed. I spent my entire career defending human rights and America values overseas and now this: unidentified, armed men dressed in military fatiques arresting and taking away protesters in unmarked cars in the United States. Shame! Shame!.
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Thank you for the opportunity to join you today.
Thank you to Ambassador @LindaT_G for joining us at the BlackWomen’s Roundtable Women of Power National Summit! #BWRSummit2022
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Had an amazing food experience at Department of Culture in Brooklyn last night. Excellent Nigerian food, good music, and great company.
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I knew it was possible and it’s Ethiopia! Congratulations Madam President. Congratulations Ethiopia!.
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Just had a wonderful lunch at @Dooky_Chase in New Orleans. Great fried chicken, red beans and rice, AND GUMBO. Leah Chase’s legacy lives on.
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Good! Pro life means supporting the lives of children taken from their parents at the border, poor children and people with Covid. .
JUST IN: Ivanka Trump declares position on abortion: "I am pro-life, and unapologetically so"
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You can add Grandma to my many titles! Our beautiful granddaughter entered our lives last night!.
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Making strides against Breast Cancer at tbe annual walk in Central Park.
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This is it! This is the day for all Americans to stand up for what is right, to stand up for our values, to vote for the soul of our country, and to vote for #BidenHarris2020 . Our lives, our children’s futures, our country’s survival depend on it.
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Happy Birthday Addis. Imagine where you will be in another 30 years!.
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Your dedication to service and partnership have been remarkable . You will missed but I have mo doubt that we will see you again. Thank you for your service. LTG.
Today, I announced my retirement and resignation as HUD Secretary effective March 22, 2024. I thank @POTUS for his confidence and trust in me to lead HUD in alignment with the Biden-Harris Administration’s priorities.
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Today is truly a sad day for the academic world of African Studies. Prof Crawford Young passed away. We lost an icon, a remarkable academic, prolific writer, a friend and father figure for @UWMadison African studies students from the 1960s to 2020. He will be missed. RIP.
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Honored to receive honorary degree at #UWGrad2018 on May 11 in #Madison, WI! Dr. LTG finally.
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Of all the names and titles I have, there is none more rewarding than being a mother. Happy Mother’s Day to Mothers around the world. May your children bring you the same joy as mine have brought to me.
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In Abuja. Looking forward to engaging with Nigerians on addressing issues of human capital, job creation, youth bulge, investment opportunities, etc. Excited to be here.
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Did you hear #realDonaldTrump tell the good old boys “stand down and STAND BY?” Stand by for what? He did not condemn white supremacists. He called them to arms! #PresidentialDebate .#VoteHimOut.#BidenHarris2020ToSaveAmerica.
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Congratulations to Dr. Mukewge. You have saved so many lives and made us proud to know you. So well-deserved.
OSLO, Oct 5 (@Reuters) - Denis Mukwege, a gynecologist treating victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi human rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by Islamic State in Iraq, won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
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#DRCongoElections2018 All eyes are on #DRC today. An election is taking place that is anything but perfect. Many citizens are being denied their right to vote but remain hopeful that this election will end the Kabila dynasty and lead to a new day in 2019.
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The confederate flag represents hatred, violence, ignorance and @NikkiHaley knows that! She removed it from the South Carolina Capitol and now she wants to walk it back for votes in the future. Remember black people vote, too, Nikki!.
Nikki Haley: Dylann Roof "hijacked" the Confederate flag from people who saw it as symbolizing "service, and sacrifice and heritage"
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A must read for those who care about the future of our diplomatic capacity and engagement. Thank you @JoaquinCastrotx for you support.
Congress should partner with the next administration to rebuild America’s infrastructure of diplomacy. We will hopefully soon have the opportunity for an urgently needed diplomatic revival. My @ForeignAffairs op-ed:
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16 DAYS to change! Vote like your life depends on it!.
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@ProfOsinbajo True leaders must connect to the people and a surprise stop is the best way to do! Lucky Ikenne Market! Congrats @ProfOsinbajo.
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#DemDebate2 Can we get to some real issues! This is boring! We want to hear how you are going to deal with the economy. How are you going to deal with education now? Taxes! Gun control! Election meddling. Climate change. Foreign policy. Come on CNN!!.
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@nytimes Remember when the gas attendants checked our oil, put air in our tires and washed our windshields. Then we went to self serve and that’s all she wrote. For that reason I don’t do self serve in supermarkets. Before you know it, no cashiers. Going to Jersey to fill my car.
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I found a bird quietly nesting in my backyard this morning unconcerned about the news of the day. Life goes on around us. We should enjoy.
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Great news but never thought we would need this in the US. Apparently we do.
Glad to see this: Carter Center to launch its first-ever US election initiative this year, citing an “erosion” of democracy in the country (h/t @sarahrknight).
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“When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.” Thank you #JohnLewis.
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It’s thanksgiving. Stop for a minute and remember what you are thankful for. I am thankful for so many things: my family is at the top of the list: my amazing husband, incredible children, grandbaby, brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, in-laws, my late mom and dad, new dad. .
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Nigeria offered sanctuary to South Africans during apartheid . How soon we forget. Xenophobia breeds violence and can never be accepted.
Received sickening and depressing news of continued burning and looting of Nigerian shops and premises in #SouthAfrica by mindless criminals with ineffective police protection. Enough is enough. We will take definitive measures. @NigeriaGov @DigiCommsNG @GovernmentZA @DIRCO_ZA.
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Will make the same wish for the peoples of #South Sudan, @DRC, northeast #Nigeria, western #Cameroon, and #CAR. They could use governments that care for them with good governance. My wish for 2019 is peace and prosperity in Africa.
An @nytimes piece on the widespread protests in Sudan against the brutal, oppressive and incompetent government of President Bashir. My Christmas wish is that the people of Sudan finally get a government that cares for them, with good governance.
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Correction: allow @moise_katumbi to return.
This a "MUST" command-order. Twitter account is @moise_katumbi instead of @katumbi.
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Todd , You should know better than to get yourself embroiled in a West Africa jollof battle.
After a delightful nonscientific sample, I’m going out on a controversial limb here —> Ghanaian 🇬🇭 jollof > Nigerian 🇳🇬jollof. (Safely tweeted from Accra) . Cc @KarenAttiah.
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#NigeriaDecides2019. Once again, all eyes are focused on Nigeria, Africa’s largest democracy, as the people go to the polls to elect the candidate of their choice. Let us all pray that the process is one that makes us all proud.
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Thanks to @ChiomaChuka @Bellanwa @IbrhmFaruk @DCynthiaM @SaeeduH @Ovonicely @MTechLaw and @JumyTweets for an enlightening discussion. These young minds make me hopeful about Nigeria’s future.
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My grandma, Mary Thomas, was born in 1865, in slavery. She grew up in the South post-slavery, lived in Jim Crow, thru the Depression, WWl &ll. She lived with us when I was in Middle Sch and died when I was in 8th grade at 100. I am sorry I never asked about her past.
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Happy MLK Day. As we celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King, we must continue to fight for the less fortunate wherever they come from. Until all people are free, none of us are fully free.
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@UNmigration @UN @UNGeneva @OIMSuramerica @OIMCentroAmer @IOMatEU @IOM_ROVienna @IOMROWCA @IOMRONairobi @IOMAsiaPacific @IOM_MENA Ambassador Bill Swing lived a great life and leaves an extraordinarily legacy across the globe. He was a diplomat, a gentleman, a kind and compassionate soul. He will be remembered and he will be missed. May he rest in peace.
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First African Diplomatic Orientation and Engagement program hosted by @aaiafrica April 5 and 6 at Wye Retreat. Excellent daylong program for #African Ambassadors. Great initiative.
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#sentomcotton you can’t deny the rights of Americans to learn the truth about this country founded on a sick system of slavery, racism, and dehumanization of black people. A necessary evil to you was torture to me. We want the truth! Not your revisionist history. #1619Project.
Senator Cotton Introduces Bill To Deny Federal Funds To Schools That Teach The NYT’s ‘1619 Project’
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Having fun testing my adversity muscles in #Nigeria! @TEDxTysons.
“Every time you’re tested, flex your adversity muscles. Anytime you face a challenge in your life you flex those muscles. That’s the legacy that I want to leave to my children, my grandchildren and your children.” - Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield #Legacy2228 #TEDxTysons
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