POLITICO: The Senate confirmed human rights advocate Samantha Power to become the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in an 87-10 vote Thursday afternoon.
President Barack Obama nominated Power, a Pulitzer Prize-winner and former National Security Council aide, after moving former ambassador Susan Rice to his White House team in June. She was an early addition to the Obama team, joining his campaign in 2008 as a foreign policy adviser.
In June, the president called Power a “relentless advocate for American interests and values, building partnerships on behalf of democracy and human rights, fighting the scourge of anti-Semitism and combating human trafficking.”… (more)
