US State Department's Mina Chang exaggerated some info on her résumé—report

The résumé of Mina Chang, US State Department's Bureau of Conflict and Stability Operations deputy assistant secretary, has been laden with false and hyped-up accomplishments, according to a report by NBC News.

Based on the investigation conducted by the US-based news entity, Chang claims to be an "alumna" of Harvard Business School, but the university said that she only attended a seven-week course in 2016 and did not earn a degree from the institution.

Harvard Business School, however, said that it grants alumni status to anyone who completes certain executive education programs.

The report also pointed out that the United States Army War College program which Chang's biography in the State Department website cites was only a four-day seminar on national security.

Chang also allegedly "invented a role on a UN panel, claimed she had addressed both the Democratic and Republican national conventions, and implied she had testified before Congress."

Further, the report said that she claimed to be featured in a Time Magazine cover.  

The spokesperson of Time magazine, Kristin Matzen has reportedly described the said cover as "not authentic."

There was no comment yet from Chang, the State Department, and the White House regarding the issue, according to NBC News.

Chang has been rumored to replace US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim back in July—an information belied by the US Embassy in Manila.

"We’ve seen this claim. It is not true. In September 2018, the White House announced the President’s intent to nominate Mina Chang to be an Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for the Bureau of Asia," the embassy said in a statement.

This nomination to the USAID has been "withdrawn on September 9 without public explanation" after the US Congress scrutinized her work experience, according to NBC News. —LDF, GMA News