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Ex-Obama Aide Now Helping 'Monster' Hillary

Samantha Power joined State team after slamming Clinton

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 29, 2008 10:10 AM CST

(Newser) – Samantha Power will have plenty of time to tell Hillary Clinton how she really feels. The former Obama foreign policy adviser, who was forced to resign during the campaign after calling Clinton “a monster,” is now working on the State Department’s transition team, Politico reports. With Clinton expected to be named secretary of state any day now, things could get awkward.

One official close to the transition team said Power had “made a gesture to bury the hatchet,” which Clinton approved of, the AP notes. Power is a Pulitzer-winning author and noted expert on genocide, but she was forced to step down after accusing Clinton of “stooping to anything” on the campaign trail. “The amount of deceit she has put forward is really unattractive,” she said at the time.

Samantha Power, former senior foreign policy adviser to Barack Obama, discusses her book, Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World on March 10, 2008.
Samantha Power, former senior foreign policy adviser to Barack Obama, discusses her book, "Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World" on March 10, 2008.   (AP Photo/Sheila Griffin)
Samantha Power, former senior foreign policy adviser to Barack Obama, is seen here at a panel discussion on her recent book, March 10, 2008, in New York.
Samantha Power, former senior foreign policy adviser to Barack Obama, is seen here at a panel discussion on her recent book, March 10, 2008, in New York.   (AP Photo/Sheila Griffin)
Samantha Power receives an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree during Brown University's 239th Commencement in Providence, R.I., Sunday, May 27, 2007.
Samantha Power receives an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree during Brown University's 239th Commencement in Providence, R.I., Sunday, May 27, 2007.   (AP Photo/Stew Milne)
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mmax
Nov 29, 2008 12:16 AM CST
Obama: "So..Samantha...I'd like to introduce you to your new boss...Sec' State Clinton..." Power: "Umm...er, hi Boss?" Clinton: "That's Monster Boss to YOU, beyotch!"

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