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News Articles: Samantha Power

USAID Administrator Samantha Power delivered a speech on her "new vision" for the agency on Nov. 4 at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

New USAID director aims to shake up 60-year-old aid agency. Here's her 'new vision'

Like any government agency, the biggest American foreign aid group has its problems. This week, its new administrator Samantha Power outlined her solutions.

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  • Malaka Gharib
Samantha Power, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, speaks during a joint press conference with Haitian officials at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport, in Port-Au-Prince on Thursday.

The U.S. Is Pledging Aid To Haiti But The Success Of Past Efforts Has Been Mixed

USAID Administrator Samantha Power appeared with Haiti's prime minister to pledge $32 million in assistance for the earthquake-damaged nation. The primary needs are for shelter and medical care.

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  • Becky Sullivan
Samantha Power, who served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during the Obama administration, has been nominated by President-elect Joe Biden to run USAID. Power is seen here in 2014.

Biden Nominates Samantha Power To Run U.S. Agency For International Development

Power is "a world-renowned voice of conscience and moral clarity," President-elect Joe Biden said of the former U.N. ambassador. The post will be elevated to become a National Security Council member.

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  • Laurel Wamsley
Samantha Power has been a reporter on the ground during The Balkan Wars, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. under President Obama. Her memoir, 'The Education Of An Idealist', highlights the personal side of public service.

UN Ambassador Samantha Power's Memoir Looks Back On 'The Education Of An Idealist'

In her new memoir, Samantha Power writes about the “X test.” As she describes it, “in trying for Y, the most I accomplish is X.” In other words, even if...

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