In the 2000 election, George W. Bush, who had shirked military service, succeeded in presenting himself as more reliable on national security than Al Gore.
Samantha PowerI was interning in the CBS sports affiliate in Atlanta with Robin Roberts.... I was taking notes on a Braves-Padres game, and on the live feed came footage of these kids protesting and getting crushed during the Tiananmen Square uprising in China in 1989. In that moment I became like a lot of young people in this country today, horrified and inspired but confused as to what I might do.
Samantha PowerSilence in the face of atrocity is not neutrality; silence in the face of atrocity is acquiescence.
Samantha PowerI think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for.
Samantha Power