Heather Nauert withdraws from consideration as UN ambassador, saying the last 2 months have been 'grueling' for her family

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• Heather Nauert, the spokeswoman for the State Department and President Donald Trump's pick as US Ambassador to the United Nations, announced Saturday she was withdrawing from consideration.
• She said the last two months had been "grueling" for her family.

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert announced Saturday she was withdrawing from consideration as US ambassador to the United Nations, saying the last two months have been "grueling" for her family.

Had Nauert been confirmed, she would have replaced former UN ambassador Nikki Haley, who resigned from the position last October.

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