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Victoria Coates

Lancester, Pensylvania, USA

Victoria Curtin Gardner Coates is an American conservative political advisor. She served as senior advisor to United States Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette in 2020 and later was appointed to run the Middle East Broadcasting Networks. She served on the United States National Security Council, originally as the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Strategic Assessments before getting promoted to Deputy National Security Advisor upon the nomination of Robert C. O'Brien.[1][2] She is vice president of the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation, overseeing Project Esther.