Former national security adviser Mike Waltz is scheduled for a confirmation hearing next week before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on his nomination for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

Waltz’s hearing is scheduled for next Tuesday or Wednesday, at which time Democrats are expected to grill him on President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, his role in the Signal chat issue, and the White House’s long-term plans for Iran and China, reported Axios on Tuesday.

The former U.S. representative and Green Beret was dismissed from his administration position on May 1, about one month after inadvertently including The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, in a Signal chat where sensitive details were discussed about a pending military strike in Yemen.

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