Trump chooses Mike Huckabee, staunchly pro-Israel conservative, as ambassador to nation

Donald Trump is nominating former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee as the next U.S. ambassador to Israel, the president-elect said Tuesday, tapping a staunchly pro-Israel conservative whose choice could signal future U.S. policy toward conflicts in the Middle East. An evangelical Christian, Huckabee has been a vocal supporter of Israel throughout his political career and a long-time defender of Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. A former Republican presidential hopeful, Huckabee hosted a weekly Fox News TV show for six years, ending in 2015. "There's no such thing as an...