1. Heather Nauert is a native of Rockford, Illinois, and spent much of her childhood in Wisconsin.
44 Facts About Heather Nauert
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Heather Nauert's father, Peter Nauert, was an executive in the insurance industry.
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Heather Nauert received her master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.
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In March 2018, the AP wrote about Heather Nauert's "meteoric rise" in the State Department.
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Ambassador Nikki Haley and Heather Nauert are among the few women in the Trump administration with high-profile voices on foreign policy.
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Heather Nauert reported directly to two secretaries of state, Rex Tillerson and Mike Pompeo, and traveled extensively, including to North Korea to participate in denuclearization talks and bring home three American hostages held by the regime.
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Heather Nauert serves on the Board of the US Global Leadership Coalition, which advocates for strong US foreign policy, as well as US issues overseas.
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In 2020, Heather Nauert joined the Board of Advisors for the Center for New American Security, an independent, bipartisan nonprofit that conducts research and develops pragmatic and principled defense and national security policies.
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Heather Nauert was a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank, until 2021.
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In 2020, Heather Nauert joined the advisory board of BGR Group, a government relations and public affairs firm in Washington, DC She serves as a senior advisor to corporations, think tanks, and foundations.
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Heather Nauert advises Fortune 500 companies, reporting to CEOs and boards of directors, providing leaders with strategic communications guidance, including developing and leading media campaigns to achieve clients' unique goals.
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Since 2021, Heather Nauert has served on the National Advisory Board of Warriors in Quiet Waters, a Montana-based veterans service organization that empowers post-911 combat veterans to thrive and live purpose-driven lives.
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Heather Nauert is a contributor to the British TV network, ITV News, where she provided analysis of the 2024 election.
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Heather Nauert covered four US presidential elections, Republican and Democratic conventions, a presidential inauguration, and the 2008 financial crisis.
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Heather Nauert anchored the coverage of the terrorist attacks in Boston, Orlando, and San Bernardino.
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In 1996, Heather Nauert was a reporter for the syndicated business program First Business.
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Heather Nauert worked for Fox News from 1998 to 2005, first as a contributor for three years and then as a correspondent for four years.
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Heather Nauert departed Fox News and joined ABC News from 2005 to 2007, where she worked as a general assignment correspondent, contributing to ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America, and Nightline.
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In 2007, Heather Nauert returned to Fox News as co-host with John Gibson of the weekday edition of The Big Story until it was canceled in 2008.
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Heather Nauert co-anchored the newscasts Good Day Early Call and Good Day New York Wake Up with co-anchor Steve Lacy weekday mornings for Fox Broadcasting Company owned-and-operated station WNYW in New York City.
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In October 2012, Heather Nauert left Good Day Wake Up to rejoin Fox News Channel full time as an anchor and breaking news reporter.
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Heather Nauert referred to illegal immigrant students as "illegals" and cited CDC studies that immigrant children were bringing disease like tuberculosis.
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Heather Nauert has appeared on two fictional TV shows in which she played herself: 24 and Brother's Keeper.
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Heather Nauert covered Saddam Hussein's trial and death, the first free election, and the everyday life of Iraqi civilians, including young girls living in an orphanage.
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Heather Nauert held her first press briefing in that role five weeks later, on June 6,2017, and frequently appeared on TV.
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Heather Nauert was the Department's highest-ranking woman while simultaneously serving as Department Spokesperson.
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Heather Nauert helped plan, execute, and manage the messaging of all overseas trips led by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
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Heather Nauert helped facilitate the messaging on top department initiatives, such as initiating the maximum pressure sanctions campaign against North Korea, holding China accountable for actions in the South China Sea, and combating state-sponsored disinformation from Russia, China, and Iran.
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In May 2018, Heather Nauert was part of a small team who went with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on a secret mission to bring three Americans home from North Korea.
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Heather Nauert provided strategic counsel to Secretary Pompeo during his high-stakes meetings with North Korean officials, as they met to plan the landmark summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un, which took place in June 2018.
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Heather Nauert voiced opposition to the Iraqi Kurdistan's decision to hold an independence referendum in September 2017.
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Heather Nauert called for the release of Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia such as Oleg Sentsov, Stanislav Klykh, Oleksandr Shumkov and Volodymyr Balukh.
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Heather Nauert criticized China's re-education camps and human rights violations against ethnic Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in China's north-western province of Xinjiang.
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Heather Nauert continues to promote LNG as vital for American allies' national security.
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On December 7,2018, Trump announced that he would nominate Heather Nauert to be United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
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In 2021, Heather Nauert joined KBUL News Talk from the Quiet Waters Ranch, the Warriors in Quiet Waters' headquarters, for a radio interview, where she discussed her efforts supporting wounded warriors and those left behind in Afghanistan.
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On March 29,2019, President Trump appointed Nauert to serve as a member on the J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
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In 2024, Heather Nauert traveled to Ukraine with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to see conditions on the ground as the country entered its third year of war following Russia's 2022 invasion.
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On February 14,2024, Heather Nauert was interviewed by Greta Van Susteren on Newsmax, where she shared video clips and insights about her 1,300 mile trek through war-torn Ukraine.
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Heather Nauert spoke about her trip to war-torn Ukraine on the Vandenberg Coalition Podcast, Vandenberg Flash Focus.
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Heather Nauert highlighted concerning policies as Hungary develops stronger ties with China and Russia.
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Heather Nauert joined the Warner Brothers Discovery Journalism Advisory Group in 2021, a group of former journalists advising the company.
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In October 2022, Heather Nauert was invited by Warner Brothers Discovery Networks to speak on a panel at the Warsaw Security Forum in Poland.
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Heather Nauert was involved with Task Force Pineapple, working with a volunteer group of former military and government officials to help vetted Afghanistan allies make their way to safety as the US government fled.