announced<\/a> Nuland\u2019s resignation, stating, \u201cVictoria Nuland has let me know that she intends to step down in the coming weeks as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs \u2013 a role in which she has personified President Biden\u2019s commitment to put diplomacy back at the center of our foreign policy and revitalize America\u2019s global leadership at a crucial time for our nation and the world.\u201d<\/p>\nNuland served for three and a half decades under six presidents. <\/p>\n
\u201cStarting with her very first posting as a consular officer in Guangzhou, China, Toria\u2019s had most of the jobs in this Department,\u201d Blinken wrote. \u201cPolitical officer and economic officer. Spokesperson and chief of staff. Deputy Assistant Secretary and Assistant Secretary. Special Envoy and Ambassador.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOver the past three years, Toria has led this Department on everything from addressing complex crises in the Sahel, Haiti, and the Middle East, to broadening and strengthening America\u2019s alliances and partnerships across Europe and the Indo-Pacific,\u201d Blinken added. \u201cBut it\u2019s Toria\u2019s leadership on Ukraine that diplomats and students of foreign policy will study for years to come. Her efforts have been indispensable to confronting Putin\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, marshaling a global coalition to ensure his strategic failure, and helping Ukraine work toward the day when it will be able to stand strongly on its own feet \u2013 democratically, economically, and militarily.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
Nuland previously told CNN that the billions of taxpayer dollars sent to Ukraine \u201cis going right back into the U.S. economy to make those weapons\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n