Samantha Power to be next US envoy to UN
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42-year-old Samantha Power was chosen to replace Susan Rice as the US Ambassador to the UN. Rice, it was reported earlier Wednesday, was chosen as Obama's next national security advisor.
Power is a Pulitzer-prize winner, known for her liberal views and tough stand on human rights. A number of years ago she made public statments critical of Israel. (Yitzhak Benhorin, Washington)
