Susan Rice, who withdrew from consideration as secretary of state after criticism over her Sunday talk show appearances right after the Benghazi terror attacks on 9/11/12 that left four Americans, including Amb. Chris Stevens, dead, is President Obama’s new national security adviser. The job doesn’t require Senate confirmation, so Rice’s GOP enemies can’t do anything about it. She who laughs last, laughs best.
The losers here — besides those GOP enemies — are John Kerry and the Syrian rebels. Kerry because foreign policy will be concentrated at the White House now, giving him less power, and the rebels because Rice opposes intervention in the Syrian civil war, where the tide is turning in Assad’s favor.
Speaking of “power,” Obama is nominating Samantha Power to replace Rice at the U. N.
Embattled Farmers 