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On January 4, the WH announced the President’s appointment of Michelle Giuda, the former Deputy National Press Secretary to Speaker Newt Gingrich to be the next Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs. Ms Giuda has been Senior VP for PR firm, Weber Shandwick (see PR SVP and Ex-Gingrich Aide Michelle Giuda to be Asst Secretary of State for Public Affairs). State/Flickr says the swearing-in photo was taken on Friday, February 2, but the caption itself says Saturday, February 3. The State Department spokesperson who reports to the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs tweeted a welcome to her new boss, who apparently was sworn-in on Saturday, February 3.

So the new Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs was not only sworn-in on a Saturday, she also did not have any senior State Department official to swear her in? Secretary Tillerson is on travel to Bariloche, Argentina; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Lima, Peru; Bogotá, Colombia; and Kingston, Jamaica. And it looks like Ms. Guida’s new boss U/S Steve Goldstein is also traveling with Secretary Tillerson. Deputy Secretary Sullivan was spending his weekend somewhere, it was the weekend afterall. We’re sure the State Department has a reasonable explanation for this Saturday swearing-in across the park, it looks like, and also about those exciting red boxes on its org chart.

7 of 9 top State Dept posts are empty. Here's what's not getting done https://t.co/FFzCeDOOeQ @billfaries @rjnskl pic.twitter.com/QDv7hY9wiT

— David S. Joachim (@davidjoachim) February 2, 2018

A warm @StateDept welcome to our new Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Michelle Giuda, who was sworn-in on Saturday. We look forward to working with you! pic.twitter.com/1nPCrEXytG

— Heather Nauert (@statedeptspox) February 5, 2018

Jennifer Wicks from the Offie (sic) of Presidential Appointments officiates the swearing-in ceremony for Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, Michelle Giuda in Washington, D.C. on February 3, 2018. [State Department Photo/ Public Domain]

Posted: 3:15 am ET
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#BREAKING: Devin Nunes says this is just the first memo to be released. He says there will be another one dealing specifically with the State Department’s role in everything that happened. pic.twitter.com/kpHVDQ44WX

— Ryan Saavedra 🇺🇸 (@RealSaavedra) February 3, 2018

The Nunes memo is dangerous, ugly, and an assault on the integrity of the institutions of our country. I lived through Watergate/Nixon: America pays a very steep price when a political party tries to undermine the institutions that hold us together –

— John Kerry (@JohnKerry) February 2, 2018

Stand down Nunes, I already reported out the State Dept role in the dossier. They didn't have one. Read this: https://t.co/KjMhdUk70X https://t.co/WgCDK848oP

— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) February 3, 2018

Gowdy on Nunes saying he’s working on a second memo about the State Department. “I think what Chairman Nunes meant is there's–there's another aspect to the investigation. But if there's a second memo, I don't know about it,” he said on CBS

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 4, 2018

Devin Nunes's next target? The House Intelligence chair is looking at former State Department official Jonathan Winer, @NatashaBertrand reports: https://t.co/uQAmlTxwNM pic.twitter.com/JYwJUMuNTU

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) February 6, 2018

Former Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland says State Dept received some of Steele dossier in July, immediate reaction was: "this needs to go to the FBI" https://t.co/PCMoMq9cfH pic.twitter.com/nGkZZdBfrx

— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) February 4, 2018

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