Morgan Deann Ortagus is an American diplomat, intelligence analyst, political advisor, and naval officer. She currently serves as a senior policy adviser at the U.S.
Mission to the United Nations. Previously, she was the spokesperson for the United States Department of State from 2019 to 2021 and served as deputy special presidential envoy to the Middle East in 2025. Ortagus began her government career as a deputy attaché and intelligence analyst at the U.
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