WASHINGTON (AP) — Heather Nauert, picked by President Donald Trump to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations but never officially nominated, has withdrawn from consideration, the State Department said. Nauert, a State Department spokeswoman, said in a statement that "the past two months have been grueling for my family and therefore it is in the best interest of my family that I withdraw my name from consideration." She was a Fox News Channel reporter with little foreign policy experience when she joined the State Department as spokeswoman almost two years ago when Rex Tillerson was secretary of state. Before coming to the State Department, Nauert was a breaking news anchor on Trump's favorite television show, "Fox & Friends." The State Department said Trump would announce a nominee for the U.N position "soon."

Source: Economic Times February 17, 2019 01:41 UTC