The International Women of Courage Award given to a Security Risk

Former Iraqi finance minister honored by Jill Biden now sits on FBI terror watchlistM

The Trump State Department has revoked the visa of a former Iraqi finance minister who received a prestigious "Women of Courage" award from the Biden administration in 2022, after the FBI placed her on its terrorist watchlist.

Taif Sami Mohammed al-Shakarchi, once celebrated by then-First Lady Jill Biden and then-Secretary of State Antony Blinken as a "front-line leader against corrupt practices," is no longer in the United States. The State Department confirmed her visa has been canceled and she has been banned from entering the country as a security threat.

State Department spokesman Dylan Johnson drew a sharp line between the two administrations' handling of al-Shakarchi.

"While the Biden State Department shamefully celebrated and awarded foreigners who threaten our nation, the Trump State Department revokes their visas and ensures these individuals are removed from our country."

Johnson added that "under President Trump and Secretary Rubio, suspected terrorists will never be allowed to remain in the United States." Fox News first reported al-Shakarchi's placement on the watchlist.

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