Samantha Power in Her Own Words

In fact, on both scores, there is far less risk here than meets the eye. And the same goes for Obama's new nominee to replace Rice as U.N. ambassador, the fiery Samantha Power, whom Tara McKelvey of The Daily Beast once described memorably as "theRUSH: I'm gonna tell you what these two appointments are. They're "F-U" and they're saying that to us, and that's why he's making these appointments.Samantha Power will be named U.S. ambassador to the United Nations while Jennifer Pahlka joins the Office of Science and Technology Policy.Ted Cruz, R-Texas, shortly after Obama nominated Samantha Power, called the selection "deeply troubling." Never shy about his views, Cruz bluntly questioned a series of statements Power has made, including a 2003 essay in which she called for the U.SSamantha Power's road to Senate confirmation may be

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