Biden administration's destructive UN strategy would weaken America and our allies
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Biden plan to expand the UN Security Council would weaken America and our allies. Strategy has little chance of approval because of Russia, China objections.
Fred Fleitz previously served as National Security Council Chief of staff, CIA analyst, and a House Intelligence Committee staff member. He is currently vice-chair of the America First Policy Institute Center for American Security. Follow him on Twitter @fredfleitz.
The UN Security Council has 15 members. The U.S., the U.K, France, China, and Russia are the five permanent members with veto power. Regional blocs elect the other 10 members for two-year terms. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield recently called this arrangement "an unsustainable and outdated status quo."