Official Responsible For America's Russia - Ukraine Policy Promoted To Acting Deputy Secretary Of State

 

Responsible Statecraft: Uber Russia-hawk Victoria Nuland rises to acting deputy secretary of state 

She’s done as much as anyone to sour US-Russia ties; now, she is one of Washington’s top diplomats. 

In a little-remarked move, the Biden administration announced Monday that Victoria Nuland will take over as the acting second-in-command at the State Department. She replaces Wendy Sherman, who plans to retire at the end of this week. 

Nuland’s appointment will be a boon for Russia hawks who want to turn up the heat on the Kremlin. But, for those who favor a negotiated end to the conflict in Ukraine, a promotion for the notoriously “undiplomatic diplomat” will be a bitter pill.  

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 Update: Victoria ‘F%^& the EU’ Nuland Gets Promotion, Almost Assuring Ukraine War Will Rage On (The Intel-Drop).  

WNU Editor: Victoria Nuland help lay the foundation to the disaster that we are seeing today in Ukraine. 

The US State Department's official announcement is here .... On the Retirement of Deputy Secretary Sherman (US State Department).

US Senate Confirms Victoria Nuland As Under Secretary Of State For Political Affairs

U.S. Senate approves Nuland as Under Secretary of State / Photo from UNIAN  

Antiwar.com: As Ukraine Simmers, Victoria Nuland Is Now Highest-Ranking Member of US Foreign Service 

On April 29 the U.S. Senate confirmed Victoria Nuland as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, which has been described as the fourth most important position in the State Department. Though as the first three are filled by political appointees and the other by a career foreign service officer, the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs is the highest-ranking member of the U.S. Foreign Service. 

In an appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in April as part of her confirmation process, she reflected on her thirty-two years in the Foreign Service working for five presidents of both parties and nine secretaries of state. She retailed some of her “historic moments” in that career, among them “working on tough arms control problems and conflicts from Rwanda to Haiti to Bosnia and Kosovo.”  

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WNU Editor: Long time readers of this blog know that I view her as a monster. Her bragging in 2014 that Washington spent $5 billion to subvert Ukraine still makes my blood boil (see video below). 

Former US State Department Official Victoria Nuland Who Boasted That The US Spent $5 Billion To Subvert Ukraine Is Now Back In The State Department As Its Third Top Official

FILE PHOTO. Victoria Nuland during her visit in Kiev, Ukraine. ©Serg Glovny / Global Look Press

Euractiv: Biden to name Sherman, Nuland to top diplomatic posts 

Democratic President-elect Joe Biden plans to name US foreign policy veterans Wendy Sherman and Victoria Nuland to be the No. 2 and No. 3 officials at the State Department, two sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday (5 January). 

Sherman, a key negotiator of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran that Republican President Donald Trump abandoned, is to be tapped for deputy secretary of state, the sources said, confirming a report that first appeared in Politico newspaper. 

Nuland, a retired career foreign service officer who served as the top US diplomat for Europe, NATO ambassador and State Department spokeswoman, is to be nominated as undersecretary of state for political affairs, effectively the third-ranking US diplomat, the sources added, also confirming Politico’s report. 

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Update #1: Biden to name Sherman, Nuland to top diplomatic posts: sources (Reuters) 

Update #2: Biden to tap more Obama vets to fill key national security roles (Politico) 

WNU Editor: Here is the video from 2014 where then US Undersecretary of State for Europe and Eurasia Victoria Nuland was boasting that the US spent $5 billion over 20 years to subvert Ukraine .... Senior U.S. Diplomat Admits That The U.S. Has Spent $5 Billion To Influence The Ukrainian Government (February 27, 2014). 

I do not have enough words to explain how much hatred of her exists in Ukraine. 

She is also the senior US State Department official who pushed the fake Russian dossier by Christopher Steele that led to three years of fake news on Russian collusion and the Mueller Commission .... Victoria Nuland, Who Biden Will Reportedly Nominate For Top Government Post, Boosted Steele Dossier At The State Department (Daily Caller). 

Not surprising. Russian media is having a field day on this appointment .... Biden's Choice of 'Hawkish' Victoria Nuland for State Department Position is Ominous, Analyst Warns (Sputnik). More here .... Victoria ‘F**k the EU’ Nuland to make a comeback in Biden’s cabinet – media (RT).

Is This Hillary Clinton's Future Secretary of State (Or National Security Adviser)?

Victoria Nuland, U.S. Embassy, Georgia

Philip Giraldi, The American conservative, The American Conservative: Clinton’s Hawk-in-Waiting

If Hillary wins the White House, expect Victoria Nuland to be at her side.

The other day, a question popped up on a Facebook thread I was commenting on: “Where is Victoria Nuland?” The short answer, of course, is that she is still holding down her position as assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs.

But a related question begs for a more expansive response: Where will Victoria Nuland be after January? Nuland is one of Hillary Clinton’s protégés at the State Department, and she is also greatly admired by hardline Republicans. This suggests she would be easily approved by Congress as secretary of state or maybe even national-security adviser—which in turn suggests that her foreign-policy views deserve a closer look.

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WNU Editor: Russia's foreign policy establishment believes this to be the case, which is why they met her (among many other reasons) this week .... U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland In Moscow To Discuss Ukraine (May 18, 2016).

On a side note .... I had to pop a few Alka Seltzer pills after reading this story.