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==Leaked phone conversation==
==Leaked phone conversation==

In February 2014, two versions of a recording of a phone call between Nuland and U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, [[Geoffrey Pyatt]] on January 28, 2014 were leaked and published on [[Youtube]]<ref name="ReutersFeb6">{{cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/07/us-usa-ukraine-tape-idUSBREA1601G20140207|title=Leaked audio reveals embarrassing U.S. exchange on Ukraine, EU|author=DOINA CHIACU AND ARSHAD MOHAMMED|date=Feb 6, 2014|work=[[Reuters]]|accessdate=19 May 2014}}</ref><ref name=GlobalTVz>{{cite web|last1=GlobalTVz|title=GlobalTVz version of Nuland phone call|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdn-4L27sq0|website=YouTube|accessdate=08 February 2014}}</ref> The call is believed to have been intercepted and publicized by Russian agents.<ref name="ReutersFeb6"/><ref name="tradecraft">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079591|title=BBC News - Victoria Nuland: Leaked phone call 'impressive tradecraft'|date=7 February 2014|work=[[BBC Online]]|accessdate=19 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="GuardianFeb7">{{cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/07/angela-merkel-victoria-nuland-eu-unacceptable|title=Angela Merkel: Victoria Nuland's remarks on EU are unacceptable|author=Ed Pilkington, Luke Harding and agencies|date=7 February 2014|accessdate=19 May 2014}}</ref>
In February 2014, two versions of a recording of a phone call between Nuland and U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, [[Geoffrey Pyatt]] on January 28, 2014 were leaked and published on [[Youtube]]<ref name="ReutersFeb6">{{cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/07/us-usa-ukraine-tape-idUSBREA1601G20140207|title=Leaked audio reveals embarrassing U.S. exchange on Ukraine, EU|author=DOINA CHIACU AND ARSHAD MOHAMMED|date=Feb 6, 2014|work=[[Reuters]]|accessdate=19 May 2014}}</ref><ref name=GlobalTVz>{{cite web|last1=GlobalTVz|title=GlobalTVz version of Nuland phone call|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdn-4L27sq0|website=YouTube|accessdate=08 February 2014}}</ref> The call is believed to have been intercepted and publicized by Russian agents.<ref name="ReutersFeb6"/><ref name="tradecraft">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079591|title=BBC News - Victoria Nuland: Leaked phone call 'impressive tradecraft'|date=7 February 2014|work=[[BBC Online]]|accessdate=19 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="GuardianFeb7">{{cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/07/angela-merkel-victoria-nuland-eu-unacceptable|title=Angela Merkel: Victoria Nuland's remarks on EU are unacceptable|author=Ed Pilkington, Luke Harding and agencies|date=7 February 2014|accessdate=19 May 2014}}</ref>


One of the recordings, Version A, reveals Nuland making an obscene reference to the European Union.<ref name=Rtrs6214>[http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/07/us-usa-ukraine-tape-idUSBREA1601G20140207 Leaked audio reveals embarrassing US exchange on Ukraine, EU], [[Reuters]] (6 February 2014)</ref> This is the version of the recording that has received media comment. After discussing opposition figures, in this version of the call, Nuland stated that she preferred the United Nations as mediator, instead of the European Union, adding "Fuck the EU" and Pyatt responded, "Oh, exactly ...".<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26079957 Ukraine crisis: Transcript of leaked Nuland-Pyatt call], [[BBC News]] (7 February 2014)</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.yahoo.com/top-us-diplomat-europe-caught-swearing-eu-180240316.html;_ylt=AwrTWVWYBvRSBgMAuf3QtDMD/|title=Top US diplomat for Europe caught swearing about EU|agency=AFP|date=February 6, 2014|accessdate=February 6, 2014|publisher=news.yahoo.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-06/intercepted-phone-call-shows-u-s-role-in-ukraine.html /|title=Intercepted Phone Call Shows U.S. Role in Ukraine|author=Atlas, Terry; Gaouette, Nicole|date=February 6, 2013|accessdate=February 6, 2014|publisher=bloomberg.com}}</ref>
One of the recordings, Version A, reveals Nuland making an obscene reference to the European Union.<ref name=Rtrs6214>[http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/07/us-usa-ukraine-tape-idUSBREA1601G20140207 Leaked audio reveals embarrassing US exchange on Ukraine, EU], [[Reuters]] (6 February 2014)</ref> This is the version of the recording that has received media comment. After discussing opposition figures, in this version of the call, Nuland stated that she preferred the United Nations as mediator, instead of the European Union, adding "Fuck the EU" and Pyatt responded, "Oh, exactly ...".<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26079957 Ukraine crisis: Transcript of leaked Nuland-Pyatt call], [[BBC News]] (7 February 2014)</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.yahoo.com/top-us-diplomat-europe-caught-swearing-eu-180240316.html;_ylt=AwrTWVWYBvRSBgMAuf3QtDMD/|title=Top US diplomat for Europe caught swearing about EU|agency=AFP|date=February 6, 2014|accessdate=February 6, 2014|publisher=news.yahoo.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-06/intercepted-phone-call-shows-u-s-role-in-ukraine.html /|title=Intercepted Phone Call Shows U.S. Role in Ukraine|author=Atlas, Terry; Gaouette, Nicole|date=February 6, 2013|accessdate=February 6, 2014|publisher=bloomberg.com}}</ref>


In Version B of the call, Pyatt comments that, "the Russians will be working behind the scenes to try to torpedo it [the EU agreement]," to which Nuland replies, "Fuck the EU," and Pyatt agrees, "No, exactly".<ref name=nuland-archive.org>{{cite web|title=Archive.org Transcription of Version B of the Nuland-Pyatt phone call|url=https://archive.org/details/FuckTheEUExactlyVictoriaNulandGeoffreyPyatt|website=Archive.org|accessdate=28 February 2014}}</ref> In this version, Nuland is paraphrasing Russia's attitude to the EU.
In Version B of the call, Pyatt comments that, "the Russians will be working behind the scenes to try to torpedo it [the EU agreement]," to which Nuland replies, "Fuck the EU," and Pyatt agrees, "No, exactly".<ref name=nuland-archive.org>{{cite web|title=Archive.org Transcription of Version B of the Nuland-Pyatt phone call|url=https://archive.org/details/FuckTheEUExactlyVictoriaNulandGeoffreyPyatt|website=Archive.org|accessdate=28 February 2014}}</ref> This may be understood as Nuland vulgarly echoing Pyatt's assertion that Russia is trying to torpedo an EU agreement.


Responding to Version A, Anne Gearan noted that:<blockquote>[Nuland] ''was dismissively referring to slow-moving European efforts to address political paralysis and a looming fiscal crisis in Ukraine. But it was the blunt nature of her remarks, rather than U.S. diplomatic calculations, that seemed exceptional. <br /> Nuland also assessed the political skills of Ukrainian opposition figures with unusual candor and, along with the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt, debated strategy for their cause, laying bare a deep degree of U.S. involvement in affairs that Washington officially says are Ukraine’s to resolve.''<ref name="washingtonpost.com">Gearan, Anne. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-purported-recording-of-us-diplomat-blunt-talk-on-ukraine/2014/02/06/518240a4-8f4b-11e3-84e1-27626c5ef5fb_story.html In recording of U.S. diplomat, blunt talk on Ukraine], ''[[Washington Post]]'', February 6, 2014.</ref></blockquote>
Responding to Version A, Anne Gearan noted that:<blockquote>[Nuland] ''was dismissively referring to slow-moving European efforts to address political paralysis and a looming fiscal crisis in Ukraine. But it was the blunt nature of her remarks, rather than U.S. diplomatic calculations, that seemed exceptional. <br /> Nuland also assessed the political skills of Ukrainian opposition figures with unusual candor and, along with the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt, debated strategy for their cause, laying bare a deep degree of U.S. involvement in affairs that Washington officially says are Ukraine’s to resolve.''<ref name="washingtonpost.com">Gearan, Anne. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-purported-recording-of-us-diplomat-blunt-talk-on-ukraine/2014/02/06/518240a4-8f4b-11e3-84e1-27626c5ef5fb_story.html In recording of U.S. diplomat, blunt talk on Ukraine], ''[[Washington Post]]'', February 6, 2014.</ref></blockquote>

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Victoria Nuland
Spokesperson for the United States Department of State
In office
May 31, 2011 – February 11, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byPhilip J. Crowley
Succeeded byJennifer Psaki
18th United States Permanent Representative to NATO
In office
June 20, 2005 – May 2, 2008
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byR. Nicholas Burns
Succeeded byKurt Volker
Personal details
Born
Victoria Jane Nuland

1961 (age 62–63)
New York City, New York, U.S.
SpouseRobert Kagan
Alma materBrown University
ProfessionDiplomat
Nuland meeting with Georgian defense ministry leadership, December 6, 2013
John Kerry and Victoria Nuland with Ukrainian opposition leaders Poroshenko, Yatsenyuk and Klitschko, Munich, February 1, 2014

Victoria Jane Nuland (born 1961) is the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the United States Department of State.[1]

Early life and education

Nuland is the daughter of Yale bioethics and medicine professor Sherwin B. Nuland, whose original surname was Nudelman. Victoria’s paternal grandfather was Meyer Nudelman from a family of Jewish immigrants who came to New York City from the Russian Empire.[2]

Victoria Nuland graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall in 1979 and has a B.A. from Brown University. Nuland speaks Russian, French, and a little Chinese.[citation needed] Nuland has two children. Nuland’s husband is historian Robert Kagan, Council on Foreign Relations member, and co-founder of the think-tank "Project for the New American Century" (PNAC).

Career

During the Bill Clinton administration, Nuland was chief of staff to Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott before moving on to serve as deputy director for former Soviet Union affairs.

She served as the principal deputy foreign policy adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney and then as U.S. ambassador to NATO.

Nuland became special envoy for Conventional Armed Forces in Europe and then became State Department spokesperson in summer 2011.[3]

She was nominated to serve as Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs in May 2013 and sworn in to fill that role in September 2013.[4] During her confirmation hearings, she faced "sharp questions" about a memo she had sent outlining the talking points that would be used by the Obama administration in the days shortly after the 2012 Benghazi attack.[5]

Leaked phone conversation

In February 2014, two versions of a recording of a phone call between Nuland and U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt on January 28, 2014 were leaked and published on Youtube[6][7] The call is believed to have been intercepted and publicized by Russian agents.[6][8][9]

One of the recordings, Version A, reveals Nuland making an obscene reference to the European Union.[10] This is the version of the recording that has received media comment. After discussing opposition figures, in this version of the call, Nuland stated that she preferred the United Nations as mediator, instead of the European Union, adding "Fuck the EU" and Pyatt responded, "Oh, exactly ...".[11][12][13]

In Version B of the call, Pyatt comments that, "the Russians will be working behind the scenes to try to torpedo it [the EU agreement]," to which Nuland replies, "Fuck the EU," and Pyatt agrees, "No, exactly".[14] This may be understood as Nuland vulgarly echoing Pyatt's assertion that Russia is trying to torpedo an EU agreement.

Responding to Version A, Anne Gearan noted that:

[Nuland] was dismissively referring to slow-moving European efforts to address political paralysis and a looming fiscal crisis in Ukraine. But it was the blunt nature of her remarks, rather than U.S. diplomatic calculations, that seemed exceptional.
Nuland also assessed the political skills of Ukrainian opposition figures with unusual candor and, along with the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt, debated strategy for their cause, laying bare a deep degree of U.S. involvement in affairs that Washington officially says are Ukraine’s to resolve.[15]

"She has been in contact with her EU counterparts, and of course has apologized", said State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki, who had also acknowledged the authenticity of the recording.[15][16]

Initially, Catherine Ashton, spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief, stated on the same day that the EU would not comment on a "leaked alleged" conversation.[10] The next day a spokeswoman, Christiane Wirtz, stated that German Chancellor Angela Merkel termed Nuland's remark "absolutely unacceptable".[17] The president of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, condemned the remark as "unacceptable".[18]

References

  1. ^ "Bureau of Public Affairs Front Office Changes".
  2. ^ Nuland, Sherwin B. Lost in America: A Journey with My Father
  3. ^ "Victoria Nuland to be State Department spokesman". Foreign Policy. May 16, 2011.
  4. ^ "Obama nominates Nuland for assistant secretary of state". Politico. May 23, 2013.[1].
  5. ^ "Nominee Nuland Takes Heat Over Benghazi at Hearing - Washington Wire - WSJ". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  6. ^ a b DOINA CHIACU AND ARSHAD MOHAMMED (Feb 6, 2014). "Leaked audio reveals embarrassing U.S. exchange on Ukraine, EU". Reuters. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  7. ^ GlobalTVz. "GlobalTVz version of Nuland phone call". YouTube. Retrieved 08 February 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  8. ^ "BBC News - Victoria Nuland: Leaked phone call 'impressive tradecraft'". BBC Online. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  9. ^ Ed Pilkington, Luke Harding and agencies (7 February 2014). "Angela Merkel: Victoria Nuland's remarks on EU are unacceptable". Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  10. ^ a b Leaked audio reveals embarrassing US exchange on Ukraine, EU, Reuters (6 February 2014)
  11. ^ Ukraine crisis: Transcript of leaked Nuland-Pyatt call, BBC News (7 February 2014)
  12. ^ "Top US diplomat for Europe caught swearing about EU". news.yahoo.com. AFP. February 6, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  13. ^ Atlas, Terry; Gaouette, Nicole (February 6, 2013). / "Intercepted Phone Call Shows U.S. Role in Ukraine". bloomberg.com. Retrieved February 6, 2014. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ "Archive.org Transcription of Version B of the Nuland-Pyatt phone call". Archive.org. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  15. ^ a b Gearan, Anne. In recording of U.S. diplomat, blunt talk on Ukraine, Washington Post, February 6, 2014.
  16. ^ "Top US diplomat for Europe sorry for cursing the EU". news.yahoo.com. AFP. February 6, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  17. ^ Angela Merkel: Victoria Nuland's remarks on EU are unacceptable, The Guardian (7 February 2014)
  18. ^ Template:Fr icon Sylvie Kauffmann, Les cinq leçons du « fuck the EU ! » d'une diplomate américaine, Le Monde, 9 February 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-09
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