Obama's UN Ambassador, Susan Rice, Signals Era of Collaboration and Cooperation
From the antagonistic, belligerent, uncooperative Bushite John Bolton promoting warmongering to the Obama administration's UN ambassador, Susan Rice, signals a collaborative, cooperative, collegial chapter in US-UN relations.
The NYTimes reports: "Susan E. Rice, the new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, told U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and top U.N. ambassadors Monday that she had not come with orders and that the Obama administration would collaborate more intensively with its international partners.
"The tone of Rice's comments on her first day on the job signaled a tenure that will be markedly different from some of her recent predecessors, notably Bush administration appointee John R. Bolton, who derided U.N. headquarters as a bubble and quipped before he was ambassador that "it wouldn't make a bit of difference" if the United Nations lost the top 10 floors of its 39-story building.
" 'I will listen. I will engage. And I will work to advance the United States interest, recognizing that in many, many instances, our national interests are best advanced when we are working hand in hand with that of others,' Rice told reporters after her 45-minute meeting with Ban.
"Rice said the United States would engage in "direct diplomacy" with Iran, work to contain global warming and step up U.S. efforts to alleviate the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza."
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