Samantha Power, the Harvard professor who was forced to resign from Barack Obama’s presidential campaign last spring after calling Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton “a monster,” is now advising the president-elect on transition matters relating to the State Department — which Clinton is slated to head.
Power is listed on Obama’s transition Web site as part of the team reviewing national security agencies. Her duties, according to the site, will be to “ensure that senior appointees have the information necessary to complete the confirmation process, lead their departments, and begin implementing signature policy initiatives immediately after they are sworn in.”
In short, she is part of a team that is likely to work directly with Clinton, a potentially awkward situation for the two women. Obama is expected to officially announce Clinton as his choice for secretary of state after the Thanksgiving holiday.
My compliments to the President-elect. Earlier indications notwithstanding, he really knows how to get back at his electoral opponents, doesn’t he?
Word is...
Ginger Cleary Saturday, November 29th at 11:46AM EST (link)that Sen Clinton has requested that as a condition of her accepting the nomination that those on the Obama team that were against her be fire. If that is the case that Ms Power will be out of there.
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Snake45 Saturday, November 29th at 1:25PM EST (link)…Ms. Power holding ANY position in the administration will be a certifiable disaster for our national security and our foreign policy.