Roll Call - Heard on the Hill, September 2008
Roll Call, Newspaper of Capitol Hill
September 2008
It seems all those trips to Washington have paid off for Fran Drescher, the actress with the nasal voice best known for her 1990s sitcom, “The Nanny.”
The State Department on Monday named Capitol Hill fixture Drescher as its newest public diplomacy envoy, which will see her traveling abroad to promote U.S. diplomacy efforts. Drescher, a survivor of uterine cancer, will travel to Romania, Hungry, Kosovo and Poland at the end of the month to begin advocating for various health issues and patient empowerment.
Drescher is a frequent visitor to the nation’s capital, often seen on Capitol Hill lobbying for increased cancer funding and other women’s issues. Predecessors to her post include baseball great Cal Ripken Jr. and figure skater Michelle Kwan.
