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Samantha Power, more Israeli than Irish... Bloomberg: Arizona Republican Senator John McCain, who last year was among the lawmakers who blocked then-UN envoy Susan Rice from being nominated as secretary of state, praised Power’s statements on Syria and her view that the U.S. should act to stop humanitarian crises and genocide. There was no indication that Republicans would seek to derail Power’s confirmation. Among Power’s invited guests in the hearing room was Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, a writer and radio host who two years ago criticized Power’s views on Israel. Power -- whose husband, Harvard University legal scholar and Bloomberg View columnist Cass Sunstein, is Jewish -- invited Boteach to the White House to explain her views and won him over. Boteach has spoken on her behalf to members of the Jewish community. After the hearing, Boteach accompanied Power, her Irish-born parents and a small group of family, friends and administration officials to celebrate at The Dubliner, an Irish pub on Capitol Hill. bloomberg/news/2013-07-17/obama-s-un-envoy-pick-samantha-power-pledges-to-defend-israel.html
Posted on: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 09:10:13 +0000

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