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From the Associated Press
Heather Nauert likely to be quizzed on her diplomatic resume
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s pick to be America’s ambassador at the United Nations is likely to face questions about her thin diplomatic resume during an upcoming Senate confirmation hearing that will shine fresh attention on the president’s “America first” approach to foreign policy.
If confirmed by the Senate, Heather Nauert, a 48-year-old former Fox News Channel reporter, will replace Nikki Haley. Nauert had little foreign policy experience before taking the podium as spokeswoman for the State Department.
Nauert’s confirmation could hinge on her performance at the hearing. Still, she stands a good chance of approval because after the new Congress begins in January, Republicans will have a 53-47 vote majority over Democrats in the Senate.
In announcing his decision on Friday, Trump said Nauert was “very talented, very smart, very quick.” He said he thought she would be “respected by all.”
COMMENT:-
Much as I hate to take even the slightest exception to the golden pearls of wisdom that drool from Mr. Trump's lips, isn't Ms. Nauert the person who held up the D-Day invasion as an example of US/German cooperation?
“When you talk about Germany, we have a very strong relationship with the government of Germany,” Heather Nauert, the State Department’s spokeswoman, said in June. She added: “Looking back in the history books, today is the 71st anniversary of the speech that announced the Marshall Plan. Tomorrow is the anniversary of the D-Day invasion. We obviously have a very long history with the government of Germany, and we have a strong relationship with the government.”
It appears that Mr. Trump's definition of "very talented, very smart, very quick" is somewhat different from mine (although I suspect that [from Mr. Trump's point of view] knowing a lot of positions could qualify as "talented", and I suppose that "head" and "smart" might be conflated, and that "quick" could be used as a substitute for "fast".
Heather Nauert likely to be quizzed on her diplomatic resume
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s pick to be America’s ambassador at the United Nations is likely to face questions about her thin diplomatic resume during an upcoming Senate confirmation hearing that will shine fresh attention on the president’s “America first” approach to foreign policy.
If confirmed by the Senate, Heather Nauert, a 48-year-old former Fox News Channel reporter, will replace Nikki Haley. Nauert had little foreign policy experience before taking the podium as spokeswoman for the State Department.
Nauert’s confirmation could hinge on her performance at the hearing. Still, she stands a good chance of approval because after the new Congress begins in January, Republicans will have a 53-47 vote majority over Democrats in the Senate.
In announcing his decision on Friday, Trump said Nauert was “very talented, very smart, very quick.” He said he thought she would be “respected by all.”
COMMENT:-
Much as I hate to take even the slightest exception to the golden pearls of wisdom that drool from Mr. Trump's lips, isn't Ms. Nauert the person who held up the D-Day invasion as an example of US/German cooperation?
“When you talk about Germany, we have a very strong relationship with the government of Germany,” Heather Nauert, the State Department’s spokeswoman, said in June. She added: “Looking back in the history books, today is the 71st anniversary of the speech that announced the Marshall Plan. Tomorrow is the anniversary of the D-Day invasion. We obviously have a very long history with the government of Germany, and we have a strong relationship with the government.”
It appears that Mr. Trump's definition of "very talented, very smart, very quick" is somewhat different from mine (although I suspect that [from Mr. Trump's point of view] knowing a lot of positions could qualify as "talented", and I suppose that "head" and "smart" might be conflated, and that "quick" could be used as a substitute for "fast".