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Judi Lynn

(160,217 posts)
Fri Apr 9, 2021, 05:05 PM Apr 2021

White House border coordinator Jacobson leaving at month's end -White House

Source: Reuters

APRIL 9, 20213:25 PMUPDATED 22 MINUTES AGO
By Steve Holland
2 MIN READ

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -White House border coordinator Roberta Jacobson is leaving her job at the end of April, the White House said on Friday, a move that comes weeks after Vice President Kamala Harris took over U.S. diplomatic efforts in Central America.

While the White House insisted Jacobson’s departure was planned, the announcement still came as a surprise as she had been engaged in media interviews in the days leading up to her announcement and had shown no sign of planning to step down.

“Consistent with her commitment at the outset to serve in the administration’s first 100 days, Ambassador Jacobson will retire from her role as coordinator at the end of this month,” White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in a statement.

The statement made no mention of a replacement for the role, saying only that Harris had been asked by President Joe Biden to lead the administration’s work with Mexico and the ‘Northern Triangle’ of Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.





Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-jacobson/white-house-border-coordinator-jacobson-leaving-at-months-end-white-house-idUSKBN2BW2PQ

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White House border coordinator Jacobson leaving at month's end -White House (Original Post) Judi Lynn Apr 2021 OP
Oh brother... DURHAM D Apr 2021 #1
Indeed. nt iluvtennis Apr 2021 #4
Northern triangle is Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador awesomerwb1 Apr 2021 #2
I thought it was Laos, Thailand, and Burma. AZLD4Candidate Apr 2021 #3
You're thinking of the Golden Triangle. marble falls Apr 2021 #5
not good optics in any case. Evolve Dammit Apr 2021 #6
i don't see a problem w/ it. the WH had planned Roberta would leave in first 100 days, so her onetexan Apr 2021 #7
how many Trumpsters had left... stillcool Apr 2021 #8
I did a quick run-through of her BumRushDaShow Apr 2021 #9

onetexan

(12,994 posts)
7. i don't see a problem w/ it. the WH had planned Roberta would leave in first 100 days, so her
Fri Apr 9, 2021, 07:19 PM
Apr 2021

leaving is no surprise.

BumRushDaShow

(127,312 posts)
9. I did a quick run-through of her
Fri Apr 9, 2021, 08:11 PM
Apr 2021

and she was briefly the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico at the end of Obama's last year of his last term and left in 2018. She then volunteered to be on the Biden transition team in 2020 so it makes sense that once the transition was pretty much completed, she would move on. There are many many mid and lower level positions left to be filled in the administration so she may end up back in a different role at some point.

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