Posted on 03/28/2019 7:38:54 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
The Trump administration has chosen counterterrorism expert and former Fox News contributor Morgan Ortagus to be the new State Department spokeswoman, three people with knowledge of the decision told NBC News.
Ortagus, a Naval Reserve officer, would bring significant experience in national security and foreign policy to the role. She will replace Heather Nauert, a former Fox News anchor who had been announced as President Donald Trump's pick for United Nations ambassador but later withdrew herself from consideration.
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Not guilty.
Of anything.
Ever.
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Wowie..Zowie...Trump Grand Slam
Never been impressed with her.
Only heard her on radio?
Good choice! For anything!
YOW-zuh....
See her occasionally on The Five. I like her commentaries and opinions.
Maybe Trump’s answer to Tulsi (the only female Democrat who’s running that does break every mirror she walks past). If so, GREAT JOB!!!
She is smart, attractive.
Good qualities.
I won’t mind voting for Ortagus in 2024.
A beautiful conservative woman in 2024—is probably what the GOP needs in 2024——NO Javanka.
You think Warren, Harris could deal with her smartness?
Ms. Ortagus has worked her entire career in the emerging markets in roles in financial services, consulting, and diplomacy. She is also an active U.S. Naval Reserve Officer. She is the co-founder and Managing Director of GO Advisors, and a national security contributor at Fox News. Previously, Ms. Ortagus helped found EY’s Geostrategic Business Group, and she was a Global Relationship Manager at Standard Chartered Bank in the Public Sector Group covering clients in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
From 2008-2010, Ms. Ortagus was an intelligence analyst at the U.S. Treasury in the Office of Intelligence and Analysis where she worked to publicly designate individual terrorists on the United Nations 1267 list. Ms. Ortagus began her government service as a public affairs officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development, where in 2007 she spent several months in Baghdad, Iraq and worked with GO Advisory co-founder, Samantha Vinograd.
After serving in Iraq, Ms. Ortagus was assigned to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2010 as the Deputy U.S. Treasury Attaché to the Kingdom. In this role, Ms. Ortagus focused on working with the Saudi Arabian government to curb the illicit financial flows to and from the Kingdom. Ms. Ortagus was the principal liaison from the U.S. Treasury to the banking sector in Saudi Arabia.
Ms. Ortagus is a Johns Hopkins University Leadership Fellow; a member of the CNAS Council and Future of Sanctions Task Force; a member of the Institute for the Study of War’s Advancement Committee; the National Co-Chair of Maverick PAC; a board member to the Elizabeth Dole Foundation; and a board member to the Friends of the American University of Afghanistan. Additionally, Ms. Ortagus serves as an Advisor to Concordia, where she contributes to the strategic direction and development of the organization’s Diplomacy and Defense programming.
Morgan earned an honors thesis at Johns Hopkins University for her research on counterinsurgency. She graduated from Johns Hopkins in May 2013 with a dual Masters of Business Administration/Masters of Arts in Government. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Political Science, cum laude, from Florida Southern College.
I love Morgan and am happy for her,but will miss seeing her on Fox News.
She was on Greg gutfield last week. Leather halter top very booby lots of lipstick. I know the guys like it but... ick
Trump keeps getting all the FOXy ladies.
She’s a total babe. She’d make a great spy.
Ideologically I think she's a centrist, a bit naive and simplistic. I've seen her commentaries on Fox News. Other than physically, I'm not impressed.
Ahem.
HUBBA HUBBA!
Thank you.
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