On Tuesday morning, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland has announced her resignation.
Serving as Acting Under Secretary until a replacement is confirmed for Nuland will be Under Secretary for Management John Bass.
“Toria’s tenure caps three and a half decades of remarkable public service under six Presidents and ten Secretaries of State. Starting with her very first posting as a consular officer in Guangzhou, China, Toria’s had most of the jobs in this Department.
Political officer and economic officer. Spokesperson and chief of staff. Deputy Assistant Secretary and Assistant Secretary. Special Envoy and Ambassador,” Blinken wrote.
“Over the past three years, Toria has led this Department on everything from addressing complex crises in the Sahel, Haiti, and the Middle East, to broadening and strengthening America’s alliances and partnerships across Europe and the Indo-Pacific.”
“But it’s Toria’s leadership on Ukraine that diplomats and students of foreign policy will study for years to come.
Her efforts have been indispensable to confronting Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, marshaling a global coalition to ensure his strategic failure, and helping Ukraine work toward the day when it will be able to stand strongly on its own feet – democratically, economically, and militarily.”
Nuland and the Biden administration came under fire in September of 2022 after the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines that run under the Baltic Sea between Russia and Germany.
Nuland had said earlier in the year, less than a month before Russia invaded Ukraine, “If Russia invades Ukraine, one way or another, Nord Stream 2 will not move forward.“ [Related: 9/23/22 — Biden Threatened to “Bring an End” to Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Just Prior To Russian Invasion]
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