Trump's nominee for U.N. ambassador withdraws -State Department

U.S. President Donald Trump's choise to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Heather Nauert, has withdrawn her nomination, according to a statement issued by the State Department on Saturday.

"The past two months have been grueling for my family and therefore it is in the best interest of my family that I withdraw my name from consideration," Nauert, who was State Department spokeswoman before being chosen for the U.N. job, said in the statement. (Reporting by Christopher Bing Editing by Bill Trott)