Susan Rice, who served as an assistant secretary of state under President Bill Clinton, is Barack Obama's foreign policy adviser. (Kevin Sanders/The Associated Press)From The International Herald Tribune:
CHICAGO: President-elect Barack Obama has chosen his foreign policy adviser, Susan Rice, to be ambassador to the United Nations, picking an advocate of "dramatic action" against genocide as he rounds out his national security team, Democrats close to the transition said.
Obama was to announce Rice's selection at a news conference here Monday along with his previously reported decisions to nominate Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for secretary of state, keep Robert Gates as defense secretary and appoint General James Jones, a retired Marine commandant, his national security adviser, the Democrats said Sunday.
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My Comment: OK .... the U.S. is now going to go around and save the world, and using the U.N. as the instrument for your actions. Take it from one who worked for the U.N. for a dozen years (I was employed by ICAO) .... this will be a waste of time.
But saving the world ..... isn't that what President Bush has been trying to do? Sigh .... goodbye to the old boss .... welcome to the new boss. I heard this song before.