Les Gelb is right. Tom Donilon has been a terrific National Security Adviser. He kept us out of stupid entanglements. Let’s …
Samantha Power: How the Realists View Her
Today Obama will tap Samantha Power as the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. The move is no surprise to reporter Jacob Heilbrunn, who predicted Power’s new role in his profile of her for the May/June 2011 issue of
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Tom Donilon Flashback
Before Donilon was a foreign policy master, he was a political whiz kid. This vignette captures Donilon as Walter Mondale’s top delegate-hunter during the 1984 campaign.
Susan Rice: A Voice for Intervention
Here is an article from 2011 on Susan Rice, who will replace Tom Donilon as Obama’s National Security Advisor.
Samantha Power’s TIME 100 Bio
Here’s the TIME 100 bio of Samantha Power, who is expected to be Obama’s pick as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Rice Resurrected
Obama on Tuesday also nominated Samantha Power, one of his foreign policy advisers, to succeed Rice at the UN.
Morning Must Reads: June 5
In the news: Susan Rice, sexual assault prosecution authority, the IRS/Tea Party hearing, RFK, Gallup, and a lesbian activist.
Amid IRS Mess, Democrats Try to Make a Scandal Out of Issa
Democrats are trying to deflect attention from the scandal by discrediting the inquisitor.