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Samantha Power Confirmed By Senate As Next U.N. Ambassador
Source: Associated Press
Samantha Power Confirmed By Senate As Next U.N. Ambassador
By ALAN FRAM 08/01/13 05:10 PM ET EDT AP
WASHINGTON -- The Senate easily confirmed President Barack Obama's selection for ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday, capping a month in which senators used a bipartisan truce on once-mired nominations to fill a cluster of vacancies in the president's second-term administration.
Senators approved Samantha Power for the post by 87-10. The vote put the former Obama foreign policy adviser and outspoken human rights advocate into the job formerly held by Susan Rice, whom the president has made his national security adviser.
Power's approval marked a month in which senators confirmed a stack of nominations. Republicans agreed to allow votes on seven of Obama's picks after Democrats agreed to drop plans to invoke the so-called nuclear option, forcing Senate rules changes that would have made it harder for the chamber's minority parties to block some nominations.
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By ALAN FRAM 08/01/13 05:10 PM ET EDT AP
WASHINGTON -- The Senate easily confirmed President Barack Obama's selection for ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday, capping a month in which senators used a bipartisan truce on once-mired nominations to fill a cluster of vacancies in the president's second-term administration.
Senators approved Samantha Power for the post by 87-10. The vote put the former Obama foreign policy adviser and outspoken human rights advocate into the job formerly held by Susan Rice, whom the president has made his national security adviser.
Power's approval marked a month in which senators confirmed a stack of nominations. Republicans agreed to allow votes on seven of Obama's picks after Democrats agreed to drop plans to invoke the so-called nuclear option, forcing Senate rules changes that would have made it harder for the chamber's minority parties to block some nominations.
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Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/01/samantha-power-confirmed_n_3691711.html