Kamala Harris Taps Ex-Diplomat (and NCF Alum) to Be Her National Security Advisor

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December 3, 2020 - by Foreign Policy.com

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Nancy McEldowney is one of several former senior foreign service officers expected to join the senior ranks of the new U.S. administration.

BY ROBBIE Gramer

U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has tapped a former senior foreign service officer to serve as her national security advisor, the latest diplomat to join the incoming administration as President-elect Joe Biden and Harris build out their national security team. Her pick for the job, Nancy McEldowney, served in the foreign service for over 30 years, including posts as U.S. ambassador to Bulgaria, director of the State Department’s Foreign Service Institute, and chargé d’affaires and deputy chief of mission in Turkey and Azerbaijan.