Catherine Durant
Catherine Durant is the current U.S. Secretary of State, nominated by President Garrett Walker and confirmed by Congress in 2013. The Secretary of State is a senior official in the Federal Government of the United States of America heading the Department of State, principally concerned with foreign affairs and is considered to be the U.S. equivalent of a foreign minister. As a result, Durant was nominated and confirmed as the new Secretary of State. Later on in 2013, Durant would be approached by Claire Underwood for State Department assistance in removing water tanks that Claire's foundation had trapped in Sudan. House of Cards actress Elizabeth Norment, who played Kevin Spacey's executive secretary Nancy Kaufberger on the Netflix series, died recently at age 61. The veteran actress' sister Kate told The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday, Oct. 28, that Norment died on Oct. 13 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in NYC. She stood out as Kevin Spacey's longtime executive secretary Nancy Kaufberger on the Netflix series. Elizabeth Norment, the veteran actress who played the loyal executive secretary to Kevin Spacey ’s wicked politician Frank Underwood on House of Cards, has died. She was 61. In this video released by The Clinton Foundation, House of Cards star actor Kevin Spacey calls up former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to see if he can figure out what she is getting her husband, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, for his birthday.
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