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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... Read full story »

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