Pelosi Emerges As Ambassador

WASHINGTON (AP) – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is emerging as an alternative American ambassador abroad, an emissary for bedrock democratic values and the promise of stability that some see as diminishing in the Trump era.  Since retaking the speaker’s gavel this year, the California Democrat has led large congressional delegations overseas, reviving a more traditional American approach to foreign policy.  As President Donald Trump prepares to head to France for the Group of Seven summit next week with his “America First” agenda, Pelosi has been quietly engaging the world from another point of view.  She’s reinforcing long-standing U.S. alliances, and commitments to democracy and human rights at a time when the old order appears to be slipping away.