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State Department names former Fox News anchor as spokeswoman

Actress Melissa Joan Hart, son Tucker McFadden Wilkerson and then-FOX host Heather Nauert are seen at Operation Shower and Birdies for the Brave County Fair at Liberty National Golf Course on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 in Jersey City, N.J. Nauert will be the State Department’s new spokeswoman. (Matt Peyton / Invision for Carousel Designs)
By Matthew Lee Associated Press

WASHINGTON – The State Department says former Fox News Channel anchor Heather Nauert will be the agency’s new spokeswoman.

The department says Nauert will fill the slot that had been vacant since the start of the Trump administration. The job had been filled on an acting basis by Mark Toner, a career diplomat who served as deputy spokesman during the last years of President Barack Obama’s presidency.

It was not immediately clear when Nauert would start briefing reporters from the podium.

Nauert, who has 15 years of experience in television journalism and started in the industry with ABC News, was most recently an anchor on the “Fox and Friends” morning show, which is known to be a favorite of President Donald Trump.