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Power headed to Washington?

Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor January 29, 2009 05:38 PM

If the report is accurate, there could be some awkward foreign trips in Hillary Clinton's future.

Harvard professor Samantha Power, who left Barack Obama's campaign after calling Clinton a "monster" in a newspaper interview, is taking a senior foreign policy job in the White House, the Associated Press is reporting.

The post as senior director for multilateral affairs at the National Security Council requires close contact and potential travel with Clinton, who is now secretary of state, the AP says.

Power, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author for a book on genocide, stepped down last March from her unpaid role in the Obama campaign, saying she didn't want her comments to damage his presidential bid. Power told the Scotsman newspaper that Clinton was a "monster" who was "stooping to anything" to win the Democratic nomination.

Power's new spouse, Cass Sunstein, already has a job as Obama's regulatory czar.

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Nice typo globe...Harvrad's Power to join Obama administration?

Posted by Brooke. January 29, 09 06:26 PM
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Welcome back Samantha! We need you...don't let the social awkwardness get in the way of doing what's best for the country. I'm a Boston Police Officer with Tourettes, and I've been in quite a few awkward situations because of it, but that hasn't stopped me from given my all...@!#$%! You! Good luck!

Posted by ralston January 29, 09 07:25 PM
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Good riddance! Go to Washington where you can be useless and interfere with Sect. Clinton's foreign affairs work. We don't need you screwing around Harvard.
Glad to see you go Powers.

Posted by Archimedes January 29, 09 08:13 PM
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Will the press stop making such a fuss over Power's "monster" comment? She's much more than that sound bite. Hopefully Power can push this new administration to end the genocide in Darfur and reenter the global neighborhood to fight atrocities happening around the globe.

Posted by Alex January 29, 09 11:18 PM
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