Posted on 03/18/2018 5:38:12 AM PDT by bryan999
WASHINGTON (AP) -- When the ax fell on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, his spokeswoman was half a world away, a distance he and his inner circle preferred and enforced.
Now, it's Tillerson who's on his way out after his unceremonious firing by President Donald Trump, and Heather Nauert whose star is ascendant.
U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Nauert are among the few women in the Trump administration with high-profile voices on foreign policy. Only three State Department officials all men now outrank Nauert, a former Fox News anchor who declined comment for this story.
Nauert's meteoric rise comes even though just a week ago she seemed not long for the job. Then Tillerson lost his.
She was denied the kind of close access to the boss that all recent successful State Department press secretaries enjoyed. So Nauert tried to defend Trump's top diplomat and explain his activities to reporters from around the world without being able to travel on any of Tillerson's international trips or attend most of his Washington meetings.
Frustrated at being sidelined, Nauert almost quit several times. She had been telling associates she was ready to move on.
The moment that Trump canned Tillerson by tweet, Nauert was in a Hamas-built tunnel on the border near the Gaza Strip, on a tour organized by the Israeli military to show U.S. officials the smuggling routes used by militants. Caught by surprise by the move back in Washington, Nauert and the rest of the delegation cut the tour short and returned to Jerusalem to deal with the crisis. Soon, Trump also fired the undersecretary of state who publicly defended Tillerson.
The president named Nauert to that suddenly vacant position, near the top of the hierarchy of American diplomacy.
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Yay Heather! Congratulations on job well done.
I’m not surprised Nauert is on the rise. She is sharper than a tack.
Coming from Fox, you knew two things automatically...she’s smart, and she’s attractive.
IIRC you are correct. She, just graduated, out of school. No memory of which school, however.
“”When the ax fell on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, his spokeswoman was half a world away””
I figured that meant she was in DC but wasn’t Tillerson in Africa when he was ordered back to the US and she was in Israel? Hardly half a world away, folks...
Well, that means she’s totally messed up, doesn’t it? HA!
I always liked her....
Search would need common sense. Most no longer find that common. :-/ One wonders at times why they climbed out of bed in the morning.
Are we an echo chamber or should we think about whats being posted with such hyperbole.
Questioning and skepticism should not be limited to CNN stories. I skimmed the post. But it was written so poorly that obviously the headline was buried.
Just an aside: if you believe every positive story without question you will find yourself woefully surprised most of them time.
You have never had an interaction with me in twenty years and you call names.
Nice.
Har!
Good one
We should all do a better job of reading the articles.
My goodness..she has bigot written all over her !
Contrary to MSM claims, it takes close to zero skill, talent, and experience to be an accomplished diplomat. Most of the State Department slots are filled with campaign contributors, their wives, friends and masters. Like being 22 year old superstar actor Leonardo Decaprio in the Titanic, if it is a big win, everyone looks good.
Heather Nauert probably knows more International geopolitics than Kerry and Clinton (the bitch, not the predator) combined. If Trump trusts her she should be SOS.
Yikes, I want to puke Everytime I see her open her lying yap. Her lack of knowledge, repeating propagandistic talking points, in over her head.
I liked her during the Bush years. She seemed bright, and articulate. Nowadays, meh.
Yes.
She’s 48? Wow! Smart and good looking.
Anytime I saw her, I thought she was a sharp cookie.
The State Department communications are in good hands.
You should read the article
” Soon, Trump also fired the undersecretary of state who publicly defended Tillerson.
The president named Nauert to that suddenly vacant position, near the top of the hierarchy of American diplomacy.”
“undersecretary of state”
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