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Melania Trump, Top Diplomat Pompeo to Address 2nd Night of Republican
National Convention

Ken Bredemeier

   U.S. first lady Melania Trump is telling American voters Tuesday night
   why they should re-elect her husband, President Donald Trump,
   delivering a key address at the Republican National Convention from the
   White House Rose Garden she recently redesigned.

   The first lady, an émigré from Slovenia and now a naturalized U.S.
   citizen, has been an infrequent participant in the U.S. political scene
   and has rarelyaccompaniedher husband to political rallies.

   But an aide to Melania Trump,chief of staffStephanie Grisham,said in
   advance ofthe first lady'snationally televised addressthat, "Every word
   in this speech is from her."

   Other key speakers are set to voice their support for thepresidentas
   well, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo,who has prompted a
   controversy by speaking to the Republican convention on Trump's
   behalffrom Israel while he is on a diplomatic mission to the Jewish
   state.

   Typically, the top U.S. diplomathasnot played a role in U.S. elections
   andhasbeen viewed as apolitically representing the United States in
   overseas relations rather than the political party of the president who
   appointedhim or her.

   A handful of opposition Democrats have assailed Pompeo for breaking the
   tradition of staying out of the presidential race,and Rep. Joaquin
   Castro, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Oversight and
   InvestigationsSubcommittee,announcedhewould lead "a full
   investigation."

   Trump was formally nominated on Monday to face former Democratic Vice
   President Joe Biden in the November 3 presidential election.

   On the second night of the convention, two more of the U.S. leader's
   four adult childrenwill speak.Eric Trump, an executive with the Trump
   Organization, the president's New York-based global real estate and
   golf resort company, and Tiffany Trump, a recent law school
   graduate,plan tourge votersthattheir fatherdeservesanother four-year
   term.

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