The U.S. State Department has announced the imminent retirement of Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, a controversial foreign policy hawk frequently targeted for criticism by some prominent America First conservatives as a “globalist” and “warmonger.”
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on March 5 that Ms. Nuland intends to step down “in the coming weeks” and that John Bass, Under Secretary for Management, will temporarily fulfill her duties until a permanent replacement is found.
Ms. Nuland’s departure caps over 30 years as a career foreign service officer under six Presidents and ten Secretaries of State, including as Assistant Secretary of State for Europe during the Obama administration, when the government in Kyiv was ousted in a U.S.-backed uprising in 2014….