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NEWS ABOUT: Samantha Power

Samantha Power stories: 5 news summaries
analysis

Obama Sneaks Power Back
Into the Mix

Adviser who called Clinton 'monster' lands national security role

Jan 30, 09 1:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s national security team seems to consist entirely of people known for speaking their minds, observes Ben Smith of Politico, and none moreso than new NSC staff member Samantha Power, best known for calling Hillary Clinton “a monster.” She was booted for the incident, but that... More »

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national security • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • campaign adviser • Rwanda • negative campaigning • Election 2008 • Samantha Power • Susan Rice • National Security Council

Ex-Obama Aide Now Helping 'Monster' Hillary

Samantha Power
joined State team
after slamming Clinton

Nov 29, 08 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... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • State Department • transition • Samantha Power • transition team

OPINION

 Karadzic Arrest
 Shows the Hague's Value

Even warrants can hurt bad actors

Jul 23, 08 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - For all those who doubt the effectiveness of an International Criminal Court warrant, just look at Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic. Samantha Power imagined the arrest differently when she was reporting from Sarajevo in 1995, but his diminished circumstances now show just how crippling and demeaning it is to run... More »

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Bosnia • Serbia • Yugoslavia • Radovan Karadzic • Sarajevo • Samantha Power • International Criminal Court

ANALYSIS

Obama's Foreign Policy Would Be Radical Overhaul

Advisers talk up breaking from orthodoxy with 'dignity' doctrine

Mar 25, 08 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama provides “the most sweeping liberal foreign-policy critique” from a presidential contender in decades, writes Spencer Ackerman in the American Prospect—focusing not on fear, but rather on what advisers call “dignity promotion.” Ackerman credits the candidate's brain trust with cutting through “Democratic timidity” to... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • foreign policy • al-Qaeda • Iraq war • Samantha Power • dignity promotion • Denis McDonough • Ben Rhodes • Tony Lake • Susan Rice • Sarah Sewall • Scott Gration

UPDATED

Mudslinging Obama Adviser Steps Down

Harvard foreign-policy expert referred to Clinton as a 'monster'

Mar 7, 08 11:45 AM CST
(Newser) - One of Barack Obama's top advisers resigned today, hours after the publication of an interview in which she called Hillary Clinton a "monster." Samantha Power apologized to both candidates, but her remark contrasted sharply with the campaign's take-the-high-road strategy, Reuters reports. "She is a monster, too—that... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bosnia • foreign policy • negative campaigning • Election 2008 • Samantha Power

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