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.
“For several months now, Mayor Booker has been taking the steps necessary to run, but he will make an official announcement at the appropriate time.”
— A spokesman for Newark Mayor Cory Booker said in a statement Tuesday after New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced a special election on October 16 to fill Sen. Frank Lautenberg's seat.
Christie’s Calculated Rush for a Special Election
The special election has two beneficiaries: Newark Mayor Cory Booker and Christie himself.
Lautenberg is the 300th Senator to Die in Office
Here are the 300 senators who have died in office.
“Not every single commander believes what a sexual assault is, not every single commander can distinguish between a slap on the ass and a rape because they merge all of these crimes together.”
— Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) to the Joint Chiefs of Staff at an Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday. Gillibrand believes that the military's sexual assault cases should be left up to prosecutors, not military commanders.
Morning Must Reads: June 4
In the news: patent trolls, Cadillac, Lautenberg, Greece, Dodd-Frank, abstract immigrants, and secret email accounts.
Frank Lautenberg: The Senate Loses an Environmental Champion
Lautenberg will probably be best remembered for his successful fights against the alcohol and tobacco industries—including leading the effort in 1989 to ban smoking on commercial flights.