Victoria Nuland
| Victoria Nuland | |
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| Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs | |
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In office September 18, 2013 – January 25, 2017 |
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| President |
Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Deputy | John A. Heffern |
| Preceded by | Philip Gordon |
| Succeeded by | John A. Heffern (Acting) |
| Spokesperson for the United States Department of State | |
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In office May 31, 2011 – February 11, 2013 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Philip Crowley |
| Succeeded by | Jen Psaki |
| United States Ambassador to NATO | |
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In office June 20, 2005 – May 2, 2008 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Burns |
| Succeeded by | Kurt Volker |
| Personal details | |
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Victoria Jane Nuland 1961 (age 55–56) Baker, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Robert Kagan |
| Alma mater | Brown University |
Victoria Jane Nuland (born 1961) was the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the United States Department of State. She holds the rank of Career Ambassador, the highest diplomatic rank in the United States Foreign Service.
Victoria Nuland was born in 1961 to Jewish parents Sherwin B. Nuland (born Shepsel Ber Nudelman) and Rhona McKhann. She graduated with a B.A. in 1983 from Brown University, where she studied Russian literature, political science, and history. Nuland’s husband is Robert Kagan, an American historian and foreign-policy commentator at the Brookings Institution.
During the Bill Clinton administration, Nuland was chief of staff to Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott before moving on to serve as deputy director for former Soviet Union affairs.
She served as the principal deputy foreign policy adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney and then as U.S. ambassador to NATO.
Nuland became special envoy for Conventional Armed Forces in Europe and then became State Department spokesperson in summer 2011.
She was nominated to serve as Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs in May 2013 and sworn in to fill that role in September 2013. During her confirmation hearings, she faced "sharp questions" about a memo she had sent outlining the talking points that would be used by the Obama administration in the days shortly after the 2012 Benghazi attack.
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