Political appointments by Donald Trump U.S. President Donald Trump nominates William Barr to be the new United States Attorney General, a position he held under George H. W. Bush from 1991 to 1993. Heather Nauert, a former journalist and the incumbent Spokesperson for the United States Department of State, is proposed as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. William Barr nominated by Donald Trump to be US attorney general © BBC Sources: BBC Reuters
