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The Associated Press: Professor who slammed Clinton will be Obama aide
4 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) Samantha Power, the Harvard University professor who earned notoriety for calling Hillary Rodham Clinton a "monster" while working to elect Barack Obama president, will take a senior foreign policy job at the White House, The Associated Press has learned. Officials ...
Analysis: Daschle debacle humbles Obama - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com — WASHINGTON Two weeks into his presidency, Barack Obama proved that even a clearly gifted politician cannot escape the gravitational pull of Washington forces that have humbled many of his predecessors. The new president, seen by some as arrogant, was ... (more) Analysis: Daschle debacle humbles Obama - Yahoo! News
The Associated Press: Professor who slammed Clinton will be Obama aide
google.com — 11 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) Samantha Power, the Harvard University professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who earned notoriety for calling Hillary Rodham Clinton a "monster" while working to elect Barack Obama president, will take a senior ... (more) The Associated Press: Professor who slammed Clinton will ...
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hosted.ap.org — WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former President Bill Clinton earned nearly $6 million in speaking fees last year, almost all of it from foreign companies, according to financial documents filed by his wife, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. The ... (more) knoxnews.com: News stories by the Associated Press
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    Lawsuit filed claiming Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is constitutionally ineligible to serve</a>

    There were serious questions about the constitutional eligibility of Hillary Clinton to serve as secretary of State. The issue arises from a vote held to raise the Secretary of States salary. Senator Hillary Clinton voted for this increase. The Constitution forbids members of the Senate from being appointed to civil office, such as the Secretary of State, if the "emoluments," or salary and benefits, of the office were increased during the Senator's term.
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Fired Obama Adviser Hired by Obama
Little Green Footballs — ... Anti-Israel “progressive” academic Samantha Power, who was forced to resign from Barack Obama’s presidential campaign last spring after calling Hillary Clinton “a monster,” is back out from under the bus. Campaign’s over, nobody’s left to fool with phony resignations and dismissals. ...

Well, This Should Make Cabinet Meetings Awkward
The Corner on National Review Online — ... ] The Associated Press: WASHINGTON (AP) Samantha Power, the Harvard University professor who earned notoriety for calling Hillary Rodham Clinton a "monster" while working to elect Barack Obama president, will take a senior foreign policy job at the White House, The Associated Press has learned. ...

Obama returns to full (Samantha) Power, media remains dim
Patterico's Pontifications — ... The Associated Press reports that Pres. Obama has named author Samantha Power to be senior director for multilateral affairs at the National Security Council.  The AP focuses on the incident that ostensibly led to Power’s departure from the Obama campaign, i.e., Power calling Hillary Rodham Clinton a “monster.” ...

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