Kimberly Guilfoyle Resigns as Ambassador to Greece
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Kimberly Guilfoyle Resigns as Ambassador to Greece

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 13, 20261 min
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AWS reInvent is weeks away and the peers facing the same AI decisions you are will be in the room. The hallway conversations that become long-term partnerships happen here. Register now at aws.com forward slash reInvent. Here's your midday brief for Tuesday, October 13th.

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I'm Alex Ocela for The Wall Street Journal. Kimberly Guilfoyle has resigned as U.S. Ambassador to Greece after the Wall Street Journal reported that she had solicited $100,000 from a Trump donor before her confirmation hearing last year.

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Guilfoyle posted her resignation on social media shortly after White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia said the White House had asked her to step down. The president said yesterday to reporters that he is considering firing her. Do you know a timeline for that?

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