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Who is Morgan Ortagus, new US envoy set to replace Amos Hochstein?

The new deputy special envoy is a U.S. Navy Reserves officer and former State Department spokesperson who once criticized Trump for his "isolationist foreign policy approach."

Who is Morgan Ortagus, new US envoy set to replace Amos Hochstein?

Morgan Ortagus during a news conference on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City on Sept. 26, 2019. (Credit: U.N.)

BEIRUT — U.S. President Donald Trump's choice for deputy special presidential envoy for Middle East peace is Morgan Deann Ortagus: political commentator, Navy Reserves officer, former U.S. Treasury intelligence analyst, and, during Trump's previous...
BEIRUT — U.S. President Donald Trump's choice for deputy special presidential envoy for Middle East peace is Morgan Deann Ortagus: political commentator, Navy Reserves officer, former U.S. Treasury intelligence analyst, and, during Trump's previous...