Senate Confirms (Susan) Rice as U.N. Ambassador

[ProSense]

Senate Confirms Rice as U.N. Ambassador

By CQ Staff Cq Staff – 1 hr 1 min ago

The Senate by voice vote Thursday confirmed Susan E. Rice as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

Rice, 44, one of President Obama's top foreign policy advisers during the presidential campaign, is the second-youngest U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and the first African-American woman to hold the post.

Obama has signaled a desire to develop a closer U.S. relationship with the United Nations, including the elevation of the ambassador job to Cabinet-level status after it was downgraded under President George W. Bush.

Rice earned a doctorate in international relations at Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes scholar. After working as a management consultant at McKinsey and Co., she joined President Bill Clinton's National Security Council staff in 1993 and was involved with issues related to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, including Clinton's widely criticized decision not to intervene. Rice has said she regretted not doing more to stop the killing in Rwanda.

A protege of former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, Rice was promoted in 1997 to assistant secretary of State for African affairs at age 32, leapfrogging more veteran officials. In that position, which she held until 2001, she was the top African diplomat during the 1998 bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania by the Islamist militant group al Qaeda.

[Lint Head]

1. Whew! When I saw Rice I panicked for a moment.

:dem:

[rurallib]

5. So did I. I thought "man that Wm. Morris Agency is good

if they can get her a gig like that with Obama."

[tekisui]

2. Woo Hoo!!!

Wanna see change?

John Bolton:



Susan Rice:


I know Bolton was forced out a while ago, but Khalilzad was just a place holder. Bolton was chimpy's real love.

[Number23]

6. God, that man is hideous...

[provis99]

3. gaahh! should have put her first name in the subject line

I almost had a wtf? moment.

[ProSense]

4. LOL! Done. n/t

[politicasista]

7. Cool!

A breath of fresh air from Yosemite Sam. :bounce: