Posted on 03/05/2024 6:50:14 AM PST by JonPreston
WASHINGTON (AP) — Victoria Nuland, the third-highest ranking U.S. diplomat and frequent target of criticism for her hawkish views on Russia and its actions in Ukraine, will leave her post this month, the State Department said Tuesday.
Nuland, a career foreign service officer who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Europe during the Obama administration but retired after Donald Trump was elected president, returned to government as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs in the Biden administration.
She had been a candidate to succeed Wendy Sherman as deputy Secretary of State and had served as acting deputy since Sherman’s retirement seven months ago but lost an internal administration personnel battle when President Joe Biden nominated Kurt Campbell to the no. 2 spot. Campbell took office last month.
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Great photos. That says it all.
Thanks for the post; ping. BTTT!
“Evil has faces”
YES. Nuland has the trifecta Face-Words-Deeds
And all this time I figured Blinken and Jake Sullivan were the brains of the operation. Given all the cockups they might as well have been.
Great post, thanks!
Everything that has happened to Ukraine can be traced back to her interference.
bttt
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