US ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice is lined up to become President Barack Obama’s national security adviser after the disappointment of being forced out of contention for secretary of state, it was reported on Sunday.
According to the Washington Post, Rice has emerged as the “far and away” favourite to replace incumbent national security adviser Thomas Donilon later this year.
Raw Story
According to the Washington Post, Rice has emerged as the “far and away” favourite to replace incumbent national security adviser Thomas Donilon later this year.
Raw Story
Win-win for Obama. Republicans have no say, and she gets a spot in the administration anyway. And after criticism for a second term surrounded by white men, Obama gets a dark face and a woman all in one, saving another space for a white man.
And why wouldn't he want Rice? She's a corporate/government shill all the way. What's not to love? She put her neck on the line to be the one who tried to foist the crazy rabid Islamist angle on the Benghazi story, she has proven to be a loyal US interventionist defender, and she has ties to Big Oil. And not just Big Oil, but specifically, to the Canadian tar sands environmental fight, as she owns big stock in TransCanada. (You think there's a snowball's chance in Hell that pipeline isn't going through?)
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