Why Obama Chose Susan Rice
by News Editor
U.S. Ambassador to UN, Susan Rice. Photo: wiki commons
Politico – Since Rahm Emanuel packed his bags, President Barack Obama has recruited senior staffers who mirror his regimented, stay-in-your-lane style — but his choice of Susan Rice as National Security Adviser represents a shift back to the days when the West Wing brimmed with big ideas and even bigger egos.
In picking the lightning-rod U.N. Ambassador to replace the lower-key, process-driven Tom Donilon, Obama has broken with recent history to tap a colorful, ideological — and ultimately unpredictable — replacement, a move geared at energizing the White House and crafting a more coherent Obama Doctrine that moves beyond “leading from behind.”
