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Marie Harf, the embattled State Department deputy spokeswoman who insisted this week that helping ISIS jihadis find gainful employment was a better strategy than killing them, is not in line for a promotion when her boss moves to the White House on April 1, a State Department official said Thursday.
She refused to back down Tuesday night on CNN, insisting that the Obama administration should 'get at the root causes' of terrorism. 'It might be too nuanced an argument for some,' she sniped at her legions of critics.
Those mockworthy moments, a State Department official said Thursday, 'are going to keep her from the top job.'
'Jen's move to the White House isn't something that happened overnight,' the official said, 'and Marie's TV appearances were an audition of sorts, a test run, and she failed spectacularly.'
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki will become President Barack Obama's new communications director, replacing Democratic media strategist Jennifer Palmieri, who will join Hillary Rodham Clinton's likely presidential campaign.
In a statement, Obama embraced Palmieri as a 'good friend' and praised her as a 'brilliant and effective communications director and trusted adviser.'
Psaki drew the most criticism for implementing what Republicans have derided as 'hashtag diplomacy,' using messages on Twitter to express State Department positions from a distance without directly engaging foreign powers and murderous rebel groups.
'Jen's move to the White House isn't something that happened overnight,' the official said, 'and Marie's TV appearances were an audition of sorts, a test run, and she failed spectacularly.'
originally posted by: xuenchen
Careful with this Marie Harf.
She has plenty of education and experience as a professional BS artist....
Marie Elizabeth Harf (born June 15, 1981) is the deputy spokesperson for the US Department of State and a former spokesperson for the Central Intelligence Agency. She worked on the 2012 Obama campaign.
Marie Harf Pro BS