Ambassador SAMANTHA POWER dances and talks Hillary Clinton, GOP, and diplomatic immunity

Ambition is a trait most politicians share, regardless of what they aspire to do with it. Luckily, Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power, a consummate politician, also possesses a moral compass. While at Harvard Law, the Irish born, American raised scholar decided her academic research on Americas role in genocide, from the Holocaust to Armenian genocide to Darfur, merited a book. In 2002, she published A PROBLEM FROM HELL, which promptly became a Pulitzer Prize Winner and caught the attention of human rights advocates to politicians, including a then young Senator, named Barack Obama. The two policy wonks formed a friendship. Soon after, Power went from working outside of the belly of the beast to becoming a key member of President Barack Obamas cabinet. Today, she holds three jobs. She is part of President Obamas staff and, eventually, Ambassador to the UN and part of the UN Security Council. In our conversation, which was recorded live, Power deftly reveals the vision, discretion, and drive to na