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Trusted Obama adviser Susan Rice to be UN envoy (AP)

 
AP - Susan Rice, the first African-American woman named as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, brings to the job a lifetime's work on international issues, an insider's knowledge of the White House and State Department, and close ties to President-elect Barack Obama. (link)

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