{"id":54937,"date":"2022-12-01T09:35:08","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T17:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=54937"},"modified":"2022-12-01T09:35:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T17:35:08","slug":"appointment-of-abby-finkenauer-as-special-envoy-for-global-youth-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=54937","title":{"rendered":"Appointment of Abby Finkenauer as Special Envoy for Global Youth Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>12\/01\/2022 08:17 AM EST<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State<\/p>\n<p>Today we welcome Abby Finkenauer to the Department of State, where she will serve as the Department\u2019s Special Envoy for Global Youth Issues. Special Envoy Finkenauer began her career in public service when she was elected \u2013 at age 25 \u2013 to the Iowa House of Representatives and later became one of the first women elected to represent Iowa in Congress. As the youngest woman to ever pass a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives, Special Envoy Finkenauer knows from experience the key role youth voices and perspectives play in policymaking and good governance.<\/p>\n<p>In her new role, Special Envoy Finkenauer will serve as the Department\u2019s principal public representative on youth issues, engaging a variety of stakeholders to channel their good ideas back to the Department. She will encourage youth-related programming around the administration\u2019s foreign policy priorities and existing regional initiatives, while consistently and meaningfully consulting with young people on the formulation and implementation of relevant policies and programs.<\/p>\n<p>I warmly welcome Special Envoy Finkenauer to the Department and look forward to working with her as we champion global youth issues at the State Department.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>12\/01\/2022 08:17 AM EST &nbsp; Antony&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54937"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54938,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54937\/revisions\/54938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}