Thank you so much for linking to me, Claudia. I am a biog fan of yours and often pass around your columns. For example, I often have cited your column last year on Iranians occupying key spots of influence and leverage in the UN infrastructure.

Samantha Power enjoys a close friendship with Barack Obama that precedes his Presidency. Those are the people Obama values. He ignores the usual hierarchies involved in running the government (see the reign of the Czars, for example).

ED