Jezebel: Susan Rice

The Many Ways To Say "Hillary Stole Obama's Balls"

Irin Carmon — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:26:22 EDT

The suggestion that the president may have heeded several liberal interventionists in his own administration — including Hillary Clinton, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, and National Security staffer Samantha Power — has inflamed a boys-against-girls war. Just ask Andrea Mitchell. More »

You Rang?

Anna Holmes — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:10:00 EDT

[New York, September 24. Image via Getty]

Sarkozy Slags Burqas • Bork Wants To Bork Sotomayor

Megan Carpentier — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:20:00 EDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy declared — in the first speech to Parliament given by a President since Napoleon — that the burqa is "a sign of the subjugation, of the submission of women." • More »

The Seven Sisters

Anna Holmes — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:40:00 EDT

"...the women of the administration are still waiting for their first girls' night out on the town," 'reports' US News. Oh really? Looks like someone made up a "story", then bothered Janet Napolitano - who certainly has more important things to do - for comment. Forced sistertude! [US News] More »

Caroline Kennedy Has A Tattoo, Hankering For A Senate Seat

Megan Carpentier — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:00:00 EST

Look! There on her arm! That's not a bruise, it's a tattoo! ZOMG, can you even be a Senator with a tattoo? Can two strong women work together at the State Department without a catfight? Was it ever possible that power would not corrupt powerful Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel? Can the Huffington Post's Jason Linkins answer all these questions and talk about puppies without having to leave his computer to vomit from the flu? Those queries and many others, answered after the jump. More »

The Economy Sucks, Condi Has No Advice And Saxby Chambliss Is A Perv

Megan Carpentier — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:30:00 EST

Now that it's been a full year of shitty economic news, we are officially in a recession and have been for a year. Aren't you glad to know? [MSNBC]
The market is not glad to know, and it slid almost 700 points after learning the obvious. [NY Times]
In other obvious news, Condoleezza Rice doesn't plan to give much advice to Hillary Clinton. What advice she does give, we're guessing Clinton doesn't plan on following. [MSNBC]
Bill Clinton is pretty happy about Hillary's nomination, though. [Real Clear Politics]

It's official! Barack Obama has designated...

Megan Carpentier — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:20:00 EST

It's official! Barack Obama has designated Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of State and Janet Napolitano as his Secretary of Homeland Security. In addition to those women, Susan Rice will become our Ambassador to the UN, Eric Holder is headed to the Department of Justice, Robert Gates will stay at the Defense Department and Jim Jones will be his National Security Adviser. The Secretary of Rainbows And Unicorns has yet to be announced. [CNN] More »

More Transitions: Everyone From Obama To Alan Colmes To Citibank Is Changing

Megan Carpentier — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:30:00 EST

Barack Obama made it official with Tim Geithner today, announcing that he will nominate Geither to the Treasury Department. Former Treasury Secretary Larry "Math Is Hard For Girls" Summers is headed to the top of the White House Economic Council and Berkeley economics professor Christina Romer will head the Council of Economic Advisers. Betcha she does math pretty well. [NY Times]
Former Joe Biden aide Ted Kaufman has been appointed to fill Biden's Senate seat for two years, at which point everyone in the state assumes he'll quietly step down and let the currently-deployed Beau Biden run for it. [Associated Press]
Susan Rice, who most people thought was about to get dicked over when it leaked that Jim Jones will head the National Security Council, is actually in the running to be our Ambassador to the U.N. [Washington Independent]
Former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack swears he's not in the running to be Secretary of Agriculture. [Washington Post]

Hillary Clinton To Be (Or Not To Be) Secretary Of State?

Megan Carpentier — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:00:00 EST

Forget all the old white guys you've been hearing about (John Kerry, Chuck Hagel, or, technically Latino Bill "McGrabbyhand" Richardson), Hillary Clinton is the new name to surface in Obama's supposedly secretive hunt for a Secretary of State. Should she stay in the Senate, or should she go to Foggy Bottom? I mean, the commute would be shorter, but still. Spencer Ackerman and I have some thoughts on that, the incumbent Condi's tenure, why I hate working in coffeehouses, why Max Baucus is kind of a dick, why Tammy Duckworth is awesome and who Susan Rice is and why she represents a big step forward for feminists in foreign policy. Oh, and then there's a little frightening reveal into Spencer's personal life... all after the jump. More »