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 term, State Department spokesperson.The 42-year-old was appointed in early January as the replacement to Amos Hochstein, who, as senior adviser to former President Joe Biden, was a key negotiator of several deals between Lebanon and Israel, the most critical being the November cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah that ended two months of devastating all-out war. L'Orient-Le Jour's political columnist Mounir Rabih has learned that Ortagus is due to visit Beirut in the coming days. She will be working under Steve Witkoff, also newly appointed, who is currently in Israel, having visited the...
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 term, State Department spokesperson.The 42-year-old was appointed in early January as the replacement to Amos Hochstein, who, as senior adviser to former President Joe Biden, was a key negotiator of several deals between Lebanon and Israel, the most critical being the November cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah that ended two months of devastating all-out war. L'Orient-Le Jour's political columnist Mounir Rabih has learned that Ortagus is due to visit Beirut in the coming days. She will be working under Steve Witkoff, also newly appointed, who is currently in Israel, having visited...
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