Susan Rice rumored to be top choice for US security adviser
By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDE
03/11/2013 21:06
WASHINGTON -- Susan Rice, the US ambassador to the UN who was forced to withdraw
her name from consideration as secretary of state under pressure from
Republicans, is now rumored to be a top choice for the next national security
adviser.
Rice has long been a close aide to US President Barack Obama and
was widely considered to be his first pick to head the State Department. But GOP
senators threatened to block her from the job after her controversial public
statements on the attack that killed the US ambassador in Benghazi, Libya this
September, pushing her out of contention and clearing the way for John Kerry to
get the job.
The current national security adviser, Tom Donilon, is still
expected to remain in his job for some time. But Rice has been seen as a likely
replacement at some point during Obama's second term since the job does not
require Senate approval and therefore wouldn't be subject to Republican
obstruction.