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President Barack Obama (2nd L), former aide Samantha Power (R), U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice (2nd R) and incumbent National Security Adviser Tom Donilon (L) return to the Oval Office after a personnel announcement at the Rose Garden of the White House June 5, 2013 in Washington, DC. President Obama has nominated Rice to succeed Donilon to become the next National Security Adviser. Obama has also nominated Power to succeed Rice for her position to UN. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

5 reasons why Susan Rice's promotion matters

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - President Obama's decision to promote United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice to National Security Adviser, while not a surprise, is a move with major implications. Here's why...
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The release of e-mails related to the administration's response to the Benghazi attack show how little of a role United States Ambassador Susan Rice played in the entire controversy, making it easier for the President Obama to tap his longtime friend as National Security Adviser sometime over the next three years.

Susan Rice to become National Security Adviser

theGrio
theGRIO REPORT - Susan Rice will be tapped today as President Obama's new National Security Adviser, as the New York Times first reported...
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The release of e-mails related to the administration's response to the Benghazi attack show how little of a role United States Ambassador Susan Rice played in the entire controversy, making it easier for the President Obama to tap his longtime friend as National Security Adviser sometime over the next three years.

Could GOP's Benghazi push benefit Susan Rice?

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - The release of e-mails related to the administration's response to the Benghazi attack show how little of a role United States Ambassador Susan Rice played in the entire controversy, making it easier for the President Obama to tap his longtime friend...
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Boehner Fiscal Cliff

Heritage to GOP: Don't govern, scandalize!

Joy-Ann Reid
OPINION - Finally, we have something out of the Heritage Foundation that is entirely accurate...
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YANGON, MYANMAR - NOVEMBER 19: US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hilary Clinton wave as they arrive at Yangon International airport during his historical first visit to the country on November 19, 2012 in Yangon, Myanmar. Obama is the first US President to visit Myanmar while on a four-day tour of Southeast Asia that also includes Thailand and Cambodia. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

Media, GOP feed second term 'scandal' season

Zerlina Maxwell
OPINION - May has so far been a whirlwind for the Obama administration, first with the never ending Benghazi non-scandal and most recently with the Associated Press and IRS stories that threaten to give any high strung cable talking head an asthma attack...
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Former U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) (L) speaks during a personnel announcement in the East Room at the White House as Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan looks on January 7, 2013 in Washington, DC.U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated Hagel for the next Secretary of Defense and Brennan to become the new director of the CIA. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Hagel has enough support for US defense secretary

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Chuck Hagel secured the necessary votes for the U.S. Senate to confirm him to be the next defense secretary barring any new, damaging information...
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Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) (L) meets with U.S. President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of defense and former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) February 7, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Senate Armed Services Committee has delayed its vote on the confirmation for Hagel because the committee's review of the nomination is not yet complete. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Hagel stalled, but confirmation still expected

Robert Burns, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - By delaying a confirmation vote on Chuck Hagel to be U.S. defense secretary, Senate Republicans have forced Leon Panetta to remain on the job he is eager to give up...
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In this Jan. 31, 2013 file photo Sen. Lindsey Graham, D-S.C., questions former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, President Barack Obama's Secretary of Defense nominee, during Hagel's confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Lindsey Graham vows to delay Obama's nominees over Libya

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - A leading Republican senator said Sunday he would hold up Senate confirmation of President Barack Obama's nominees to head the Pentagon and the CIA...
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Susan Rice

The war against Susan Rice takes toll on GOP

Joy-Ann Reid
OPINION - It was a bad day for the Republican Party, which already has, to put it mildly, an image problem with minorities and women...
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Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) speaks to reporters after meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, at the U.S. Capitol after meeting with members of the U.S. Senate November 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. Rice has been meeting with members of Congress over the past two days to explain her position on remarks made regarding the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Republicans signal opposition to Rice for State, favor Kerry

Donna Cassata, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - A moderate Republican senator, vital to any White House hopes of getting U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice confirmed as secretary of state, said she couldn't back any nomination until more questions are answered about the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya...
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