Hillary's Got Company: Obama To Restore UN Ambassador's Post To Cabinet Rank

[malik flavors]

Looks like Susan Rice is going to play a bigger role on the foreign Policy front than we expected.

"Mr. Obama also will nominate Susan E. Rice, his foreign policy adviser and a former assistant secretary of state, as ambassador to the United Nations, a job that will be given cabinet rank, as it had under President Bill Clinton."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/us/politics/01clinton.html?hp

[book_worm]

1. It should be cabinet rank.

[tekisui]

2. I prefer to see it from someone other than sludge, but knr, nonetheless.

[Pirate Smile]

8. Here you go - NYT:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/us/politics/01clinton.html?hp

[tekisui]

19. .

:thumbsup:

[Thrill]

9. The NYTimes had it earlier today

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/us/politics/01rice.html?ref=us

[jwirr]

3. This is good - round table discussions to brainstorm problems - so

unlike bushie who does not like to be bothered with reality.

[Whisp]

26. blue skying/green lighting sometimes gets awesome results

I like.

[NYC_SKP]

4. Recommended. Great move, great woman. nt

[Diamonique]

5. Woo hoo!!

I hope to hear this from someone other than Drudge.

But this is *great* news!

ETA: Just read the NYT article. I'm doing a happy dance. :-)

I wish I didn't have to work tomorrow so I could watch the press conference.

[Pirate Smile]

6. Drudge is an idiot. This has been in the NYT story posted on their website much of the day.

I posted it at "Sun Nov-30-08 04:23 PM". It had been around for a while before that. That is central time.


Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Sun Nov-30-08 04:23 PM
Response to Original message
1. She'll be in the Cabinet.
"Mr. Obama also will nominate Susan E. Rice, his foreign policy adviser and a former assistant secretary of state, as ambassador to the United Nations, a job that will be given cabinet rank, as it had under President Bill Clinton."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4563091

[snowbear]

10. Right on Pirate Smile! ...Why do DU'ers give that pathetic site publicity anyway?

...

[Hippo_Tron]

7. It's absurd that the US Trade Representative is Cabinet Level but UN Ambassador isn't

But it's hardly surprising under Bush given that the Republicans think the UN is a joke. I'm glad to see Obama plans to remedy this problem.

[Captain Hilts]

20. Exactly. nt

[karynnj]

33. True - but having it as a cabinet post would have put Bolton in the cabinet

(unless recess appointments weren't allowed to the cabinet)

[wyldwolf]

11. A Clintonite... and a position being restored as it was under President Clinton

I think it's great!

[Uzybone]

16. She is also one of Obamas advisors during the campaign

she's been with him since the start.

[wyldwolf]

17. of course, which is also good

... but the people cheering this as though it is a slight on Clinton probably haven't realized her deep ties to the Clintons and that the cabinet level UN Ambassador position was also that under President Clinton. If I recall, there was no turf war then, and won't be one now.

[malik flavors]

12. Drudge link removed, and replaced with NYT.

[Starry Messenger]

13. Thank you!

Now I will rec it.

[BlooInBloo]

14. Nice.

[progressoid]

15. That'll piss off some freepers!!

:)

[Liberal Veteran]

18. If you listen closely, you can hear the sounds of their empty little heads exploding.

[Radical Activist]

21. Check out here posts at Huffington.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-rice

Looks like she's the liberal on Obama's foreign policy team.

[bridgit]

22. I think that's a great idea!

[davidpdx]

23. A good move indeed

We'll need all the help we can get after the last 8 years.

[onehandle]

24. Excellent. Sanity has returned to America. nt

[Canuckistanian]

25. The head of FEMA was removed as a cabinet post, too, wasn't it?

That should be brought back as well.

[MadMaddie]

27. First they have to break FEMA off of Homeland Security

it should have never been cobbled together in the first place. FEMA is supposed to be a non-partisan entity.

[AtomicKitten]

28. Susan Rice and Samantha Power are brilliant women.

I am so pleased to see Obama utilizing some new talent.

[TexasObserver]

29. Susan Rice is a great choice for UN Ambassador, and should be Cabinet level.

Bush was sending a message to the UN members: you don't matter that much, you get an errand boy.

[lonestarnot]

30. That Mr. President has it right!

[Marrah_G]

31. Great- I like the choices he is making so far.

[LostinVA]

32. Good -- it should be a Cabinet-level post

[vanderBeth]

34. This is nice

I like Susan Rice.

[Vinca]

35. That's a very smart move. She's a brilliant person. nt