Susan Rice Confirmed as UN Ambassador


Jan 23rd, 2009 2:12 PM EST
By Steve Wilson

Yesterday the US Senate unanimously confirmed President Barack Obama’s nomination of Susan Rice as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Rice, who served as an assistant secretary of state for African affairs in the Clinton administration, will be the first African-American woman to hold the U.N. post.

You can read more about Ambassador Rice’s background on development and global poverty here.

-Steve Wilson

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