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Mora Namdar

xx Authors, in the Mandate (2023)

“Mora Namdar is an attorney and Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council. She speaks fluent Farsi and is an expert on U.S. national security, human rights, global communications, the Middle East, and international law. Mora served as senior advisor for critical issues at the U.S. State Department and was appointed by President Donald Trump to perform the duties of the Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs. She also served as Vice President of Legal, Compliance, and Risk at the U.S. Agency for Global Media.”

Now in government

  1. Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs

    Since Dec 18, 2025

    Department of State, Delegation of Authority 614-1 — signed “Mora Namdar, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Consular Affairs” Primary · May 7, 2026

    U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 119-1-655 (en bloc) — confirmation of PN345-12, “Morvared Namdarkhan, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Consular Affairs), vice Rena Bitter”, the legal name under which she was confirmed Primary · Dec 18, 2025

Bylined chapters

Major recommendations in those chapters

  1. Put Voice of America in the direct chain of command under the NSC Not started
  2. Consolidate USAGM's subparts and place the agency under NSC and/or State Needs Congress Attempted
  3. Defund and disestablish USAGM if it is not reformed Needs Congress Blocked
  4. Strip the Corporation for Public Broadcasting of taxpayer funding Needs Congress Done

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