Spokesperson for the United States Department of State
| Spokesperson for the United States Department of State | |
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 Seal of the United States Department of State | |
 Incumbent Heather Nauert since April 24, 2017[1] | |
| Appointer | The Secretary of State |
| Website | Official website |
The Spokesperson for the United States Department of State is a U.S. government official whose primary responsibility is to serve as the spokesperson for the United States Department of State and the U.S. government's foreign policies. The position is located in the Bureau of Public Affairs.[2] On March 4, 2017, it was reported that the Trump administration intended to appoint Fox News anchor Heather Nauert as the new spokesperson for the State Department.[3][4] On April 24, 2017, the State Department officially announced Nauert's appointment.[5]
Historically, the State Department Spokesperson and the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs were synonymous names for the same role. However, this has not been the case since Philip J. Crowley's tenure ended in 2011.[6] Since 2011, the Assistant Secretary and the State Department Spokesperson have been two separate roles held by different people.[7] In late 2015, the two roles were once again merged with the appointment of Spokesperson John Kirby as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs.[8]
Contents
1 Responsibilities
2 List of State Department Spokespeople
3 References
4 External links
Responsibilities
The State Department Spokesperson is responsible for communicating the foreign policy of the United States to American and foreign media, typically in a daily press briefing. The daily press briefing typically includes a summary of the Secretary of State's schedule, any upcoming trips by the Secretary, the President of the United States, or other distinguished State Department officials including Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries, and official reactions and positions of the U.S. government on certain news of the day, followed by Q&A with journalists attending the briefing. A tradition that began during the tenure of John Foster Dulles as Secretary of State in the 1950s,[9] the daily press briefing is on-the-record, and is recorded and made available on the State Department's website.
The State Department Spokesperson will also often accompany the Secretary of State on travel to assist with press conferences.
List of State Department Spokespeople
| Tenure | Spokesperson | President | Secretary of State |
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| 1927–1945 | Michael J. McDermott[10] | Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman | Frank B. Kellogg, Henry L. Stimson, Cordell Hull, Edward Stettinius, Jr. |
| 1945–1948 | Roger Tubby[11] | Harry S. Truman | James F. Byrnes, George C. Marshall |
| 1955–1963 | Lincoln White[12] | Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy | John Foster Dulles, Christian Herter, Dean Rusk |
| 1964–1973 | Robert J. McCloskey[13] | Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon | Dean Rusk, William P. Rogers |
| 1966–1970 | Carl E. Bartch[14] | ||
| 1974–1976 | Robert Anderson[15] | Gerald Ford | Henry Kissinger |
| 1977–1980 | Hodding Carter III[16] | Jimmy Carter | Cyrus Vance |
| 1980–1981 | William J. Dyess[17] | Edmund Muskie | |
| 1981–1982 | Dean E. Fischer[18] | Ronald Reagan | Alexander Haig |
| 1982–1985 | Robert John Hughes[19] | George P. Shultz | |
| 1985–1986 | Bernard Kalb[20] | ||
| 1986–1989 | Charles Edgar Redman[21] | ||
| 1989–1992 | Margaret D. Tutwiler[22] | George H.W. Bush | James Baker |
| 1992–1993 | Richard Boucher[23] | Lawrence Eagleburger | |
| 1993–1995 | Mike McCurry[24] | Bill Clinton | Warren Christopher |
| 1995–1997 | R. Nicholas Burns[25] | ||
| 1997–2000 | James Rubin[26] | Madeleine Albright | |
| 2000–2005 | Richard Boucher[23] | Bill Clinton, George W. Bush | Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice |
| 2005–2009 | Sean McCormack[27] | George W. Bush | Condoleezza Rice |
| 2009-2010 | Ian C. Kelly | Barack Obama | Hillary Clinton |
| 2010-2011 | Philip J. Crowley | Barack Obama | Hillary Clinton |
| 2011–2013 | Victoria Nuland | ||
| 2013–2015 | Jen Psaki | John Kerry | |
| 2015 | Marie Harf acting | ||
| 2015–2017 | John Kirby | ||
| 2017 | Mark Toner acting | Donald Trump | Rex Tillerson |
| 2017–present | Heather Nauert[28] | Rex Tillerson, Mike Pompeo |
References
^ Scarry, Eddie (April 24, 2017). "Fox News reporter Heather Nauert named State Department spokeswoman". Washington Examiner. Retrieved April 24, 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "Bureau of Public Affairs: Senior Official Biographies". U.S. Department of State. October 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
^ "Fox Anchor Heather Nauert Said to Land Spokeswoman Job at State". Bloomberg News. March 4, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
^ Concha, Joe (March 4, 2017). "Report: Fox News anchor Heather Nauert to join State Dept". The Hill. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
^ "Appointment of Heather Nauert as State Department Spokesperson". U.S. Department of State. April 24, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
^ "Victoria Nuland to be State Department spokesman". Foreign Policy. May 16, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
^ "Biographies for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy: Senior Officials". August 10, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
^ "John Kirby". U.S. Department of State. December 11, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
^ "In first month of Trump presidency, State Department has been sidelined". Washington Post. February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
^ Gleijeses, Piero (1991). Shattered Hope: The Guatemalan Revolution and the United States, 1944–1954. Princeton University Press.
^ Neal, Steve (2003). HST: Memories of the Truman Years. Southern Illinois University Press.
^ "Lincoln White is Dead at 77; U.S. Spokesman in Cold War". The New York Times. April 28, 1983. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
^ "Robert J. McCloskey, State Dept. Spokesman, Dies at 74". The New York Times. November 30, 1996. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^ "Carl E. Bartch Dies at 78". Washington Post. October 2, 1989. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^ "Robert Anderson Papers". Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^ "William Hodding Carter III (1935–)". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^ "William Jennings Dyess (1929–1966)". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^ "Dean E. Fischer (1936–)". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^ "(Robert) John Hughes (1930–)". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^ "Bernard Kalb: From NBC to the State Department". Brookings Institution. October 2, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^ "Charles Edgar Redman (1943–)". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^ "Margaret Debardeleben Tutwiler (1950–)". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^ ab "Richard A. Boucher". U.S. Department of State. February 21, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^ "And the good news is...: A conversation with former White House Press Secretaries Dana Perino and Mike McCurry". American Enterprise Institute. April 23, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^ "Nicholas Burns". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^ "James Rubin". Washington Speakers Bureau. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^ "Department Spokesman Sean McCormack". U.S. Department of State. July 18, 2005. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^ "Department Press Briefing - April 27, 2017". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
External links
Daily Press Briefings at the U.S. State Department
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