Us Ambassador Susan Rice

• Samantha Power sworn in as new US ambassador to United Nations

  Samantha Power is officially the new US ambassador to the United Nations.

• Samantha Power confirmed as US envoy to UN

  The US Senate confirmed Samantha Power as ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday, giving bipartisan approval to President Barack Obama's nominee.

• Edward Snowden leaks haven't weakened Barack Obama: Ambassador Susan Rice

  US Ambassador Susan Rice dismissed claims that Edward Snowden's highly classified leaks have weakened the Obama presidency and damaged US foreign policy, insisting that the United States will remain "the most influential, powerful and important country in the world."

• Barack Obama to name Susan Rice as national security adviser

  President Barack Obama plans to appoint US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice as his national security adviser, replacing Tom Donilon, who is resigning, a White House official said on Wednesday, in a major change in his foreign policy team.

• Susan Rice withdraws as US Secretary of State candidate

  Susan Rice, the US ambassador to the United Nations and a close confidante of President Barack Obama, withdrew her name from consideration as secretary of state on Thursday in the face of what promised to be a contentious Senate confirmation battle.

• Shifting account of CIA's Libya talking points fuels Susan Rice controversy

  When US intelligence officials testified behind closed doors two weeks ago, they were asked point blank whether they had altered the talking points on which UN Ambassador Susan Rice based her comments about the Benghazi attacks that have turned into a political firestorm.

• US Ambassador Susan Rice defends Benghazi remarks

  US Ambassador Susan Rice said on Wednesday that her early account of the attack that killed the US ambassador to Libya and three other Americans in Benghazi was based on the initial intelligence community assessments and was always subject to review and updates.

• United States, Libya differ on accounts of Benghazi attack

  Top US and Libyan officials have offered starkly different accounts about the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi that left the ambassador and three other Americans dead. The US ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, said on Sunday it began with a spontaneous protest over the anti-Islamic video that had already set off similar protests in...