Heather Nauert

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Heather Nauert
Official portrait, 2017
Member of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
Member of the President's Commission on Whitehouse Fellowships
In office
2019 – 2021
Spokesperson for the United States Department of State
In office
April 24, 2017 – April 3, 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byJohn Kirby
Succeeded byMorgan Ortagus
Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
Acting
In office
March 13, 2018 – October 10, 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded bySteve Goldstein
Succeeded byMichelle Giuda (acting)
Personal details
Born
Heather Ann Nauert

(1970-01-27) January 27, 1970 (age 54)
Rockford, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Scott Norby
​
(m. 2000)​
Children2
EducationPine Manor College
Arizona State University
Mount Vernon Seminary and College (BA)
Columbia University (MA)
Heather Nauert's voice
Heather Nauert speaks on National Human Trafficking Prevention Month
Recorded January 4, 2018

Heather Ann Nauert (born January 27, 1970) is an American broadcast journalist and former government official who served as Spokesperson for the United States Department of State in the Donald Trump administration from 2017 to 2019.[1][2][3] She is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank.[4]

Prior to her positions at the Department of State, she worked as an ABC News correspondent and news presenter on the Fox News program Fox & Friends.[3] Nauert was also Acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in the Trump administration from March to October 2018. In 2019, Trump appointed Nauert to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and the President's Commission on White House Fellowships.[5][6]

Early life

Nauert is a native of Rockford, Illinois.[7] Her father, Peter Nauert, was an executive in the insurance industry. She has three brothers: Justin, Jonathan, and Joseph.[8]

Nauert attended

Mount Vernon College for Women. She received her master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.[9]

Career

Broadcast journalism

In 1996, Nauert was a reporter for the syndicated business program First Business. She worked for Fox News from 1998 to 2005, first as a contributor for three years and then as a correspondent for four years. During her time as a correspondent, she regularly contributed to The Big Story.[10]

From 2005 to 2007, Nauert held positions at several news organizations, including

John Gibson of the weekday edition of The Big Story[11] until it was cancelled in 2008.[citation needed
]

Nauert also co-anchored the newscasts Good Day Early Call and Good Day New York Wake Up with co-anchor Steve Lacy weekday mornings for

CDC studies that immigrant children were bringing disease like tuberculosis.[14]

She has appeared on two fictional TV shows in which she played herself: Brother's Keeper (1 episode, 1999) and 24 (3 episodes, 2010).[citation needed]

United States Department of State

Nauert at the White House on July 25, 2017

On April 24, 2017, the

press briefing in that role five weeks later, on June 6, 2017.[16] Following the dismissal of Steve Goldstein on March 13, 2018, Nauert was named acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, the fourth ranking position in the State Department.[17][13] In that role, she oversaw a budget of $1.2 billion and almost a thousand employees.[13] During her time in the State Department, Nauert did not develop a close relationship with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, but after Tillerson's dismissal, she became part of Mike Pompeo's inner circle when he took over as Secretary of State.[13][18]

Nauert voiced opposition to the

independence referendum in September 2017.[19]

When the United States withdrew from

New York Times as saying, "We were in arrears to the tune of $550 million or so, and so the question is, do we want to pay that money? With this anti-Israel bias that's long documented on the part of Unesco, that needs to come to an end."[20]

Nauert speaking with Mike Pompeo at the Singapore Summit on June 12, 2018.

In April 2018, Nauert voiced support for

Gaza border protests: "We oppose actions against Israel at the International Criminal Court (...) because it does not help the cause for peace."[22]

Nauert called for the release of Ukrainian political prisoners in

Oleg Sentsov, Stanislav Klykh, Oleksandr Shumkov and Volodymyr Balukh.[23]

Nauert condemned the

genocide of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, saying: "We will continue to hold those responsible accountable."[24]

In August 2018, Canada called for the immediate release of Saudi human rights activist Raif Badawi and his sister, Samar Badawi. In response to Canada's criticism, Saudi Arabia expelled the Ambassador of Canada and froze trade with Canada, leading to a decline in Canada–Saudi Arabia relations.[25] Nauert said: "It is up for the Government of Saudi Arabia and the Canadians to work this out. Both sides need to diplomatically resolve this together. We cannot do it for them."[26]

Nauert criticized

re-education camps and human rights violations against ethnic Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in China's north-western province of Xinjiang. She said that "credible reports indicate that individuals sent by Chinese authorities to detention centers since April 2017 number at least in the hundreds of thousands, and possibly millions."[27][28]

In February 2019, it was reported that she did not intend to return to work as State Department spokeswoman following her withdrawal from consideration as U.N. ambassador.[1]

Proposed nomination as United States Ambassador to the United Nations

On December 7, 2018, Trump announced that he would nominate Nauert to be

D-Day in 'long history' of U.S.-German relations. Now she’s headed to the U.N."[13]

Despite Trump's announcement, he never nominated Nauert. In filling out paperwork for the appointment, she revealed that she had employed a nanny who, though she was in the country legally, lacked a proper

work visa.[1] Citing family considerations, Nauert withdrew her name from consideration on February 16, 2019.[32] Trump then nominated Ambassador Kelly Craft, who became the 30th United States Ambassador to the United Nations.[33]

J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board

On March 29, 2019,

Fulbright program.[5]

Personal life

Nauert is married to Scott Norby, a managing director at Morgan Stanley, who previously held positions at National Veterinary Associates, UBS, Goldman Sachs, and Cargill. The couple have two sons and reside in New York.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Heather Nauert withdraws from consideration as UN ambassador". CNN. February 17, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  2. ^ Scarry, Eddie (April 24, 2017). "Fox News reporter Heather Nauert named State Department spokeswoman". Washington Examiner.
  3. ^ a b "Heather Nauert - Institute for Politics and Strategy - Carnegie Mellon University". Carnegie Mellon University. Archived from the original on March 6, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Heather Nauert Senior Fellow". Hudson Institute. Archived from the original on March 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  5. ^
    National Archives
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  7. ^ Braun, Georgette (June 6, 2017). "Rockford native appointed State Department spokeswoman". Rockford Register Star. Archived from the original on June 11, 2020. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  8. ^ "Death Notice: Peter W. Nauert". Chicago Tribune. August 24, 2007.
  9. ^ Farhi, Paul (May 25, 2000). "The New Face Of the Talking Head". The Washington Post.
  10. ^
    Heavy.com
    . March 6, 2017.
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    AdWeek
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  12. ^ Kasana, Mehreen (March 13, 2018). "Trump's Admin Appoints Heather Nauert, A Former 'Fox & Friends' Host, As Acting Under Secretary". Bustle.
  13. ^ a b c d e "Heather Nauert once cited D-Day in 'long history' of U.S.-German relations. Now she's headed to the U.N." The Washington Post. 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  14. ^ "Media Matters for America clip".
  15. ^ Schwartz, Felicia (April 24, 2017). "Former Fox Anchor Heather Nauert Is New State Department Spokeswoman". The Wall Street Journal.
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  17. ^ Da Silva, Chantal (March 14, 2018). "The Trump administration has appointed former Fox News host Heather Nauert to a top State Department job". Newsweek. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  18. ^ "Trump to nominate State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert as the next U.N. ambassador". The Washington Post. 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  19. ^ "US says it understands 'legitimate aspirations' of people in Iraqi Kurdistan". June 9, 2017.
  20. ^ "U.S. Will Withdraw From Unesco, Citing Its 'Anti-Israel Bias'". The New York Times. October 12, 2017.
  21. ^ "Trump Administration condemns Houthi missile attack on Riyadh, says supports Saudi Arabia's right to defend borders". The Financial Express. April 12, 2018.
  22. ^ "U.S. opposes PA going to ICC as counterproductive, counter to peace". The Jerusalem Post. May 23, 2018.
  23. ^ "Political and Religious Prisoners Held by the Russian Government". United States Department of State. June 18, 2018.
  24. ^ "Trump Names State Department's Spokesperson Nauert as UN Ambassador". VOA News. December 7, 2018.
  25. ^ Gambrell, Jon (August 5, 2018). "Saudi Arabia expels Canadian ambassador, freezes trade in human rights dispute". Toronto Star. Associated Press.
  26. ^ "'We don't have a single friend': Canada's Saudi spat reveals country is alone". The Guardian. August 11, 2018.
  27. ^ "U.S. Weighs Sanctions Against Chinese Officials Over Muslim Detention Camps". The New York Times. September 10, 2018.
  28. ^ "Uyghurs, Legal Experts Dismiss Chinese Legal Move to Justify Re-education Camps". Radio Free Asia. October 11, 2018.
  29. ^ Chalfant, Morgan (December 7, 2018). "Trump to nominate Nauert as United Nations ambassador". The Hill. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  30. ^ Lucey, Catherine; Lee, Matthew; Miller, Zeke (December 6, 2018). "Trump expected to pick State spokeswoman for UN ambassador". Associated Press. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  31. ^ Orr, Gabby (December 26, 2018). "The campaign to confirm a diplomatic novice to America's top U.N. post". POLITICO. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  32. ^ Karni, Annie; Haberman, Maggie (February 16, 2019). "Heather Nauert Withdraws From Consideration as U.N. Ambassador". The New York Times.
  33. ^ "Kelly Craft: Congress confirms UN ambassador pick". BBC News. August 1, 2019.

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