Tag: Samantha Power

Biden’s ‘Incredible Transition’: High Gas Prices, Supply Shortages Part of Plan to Usher In Green Economy

May 31, 2022
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News Analysis As Americans bear the brunt of a sagging economy, the Biden administration appears to be  framing this as a good thing, believing that citizens will be better off in the future if current supply shortages and high gas prices spiral out of control. The United States, according to President Joe Biden, is in…

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US and World Gripped by Fertilizer Crisis

May 7, 2022
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“Fertilizer shortages are real now.” Uttered by USAID’s Samantha Power in a May 1 ABC interview with former Democratic advisor George Stephanopoulos, the words briefly drowned out the din of the news cycle. They were not unexpected to some. Power, who served as U.N. ambassador under Obama, mentioned fertilizer shortages after weeks of hints from…

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Samantha Power, Who Asked to Unmask Michael Flynn, Nominated by Biden to Top Post

January 13, 2021
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The former Obama administration official who records show she asked to unmask retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn despite her saying under oath that she did not, was nominated by President-Elect Joe Biden for a position on Wednesday. Samantha Power, who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under President Barack Obama, told lawmakers in 2017…

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Biden Picks Former UN Envoy Power to Lead Humanitarian Aid Agency

January 13, 2021
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President-elect Joe Biden said on Jan. 13 that he’s picked Samantha Power, who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during the Obama administration, to lead the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the federal agency that’s primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance. Biden’s transition team in a statement also announced that the USAID…

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