Susan Rice becomes top contender for Obama´s UN envoy

Source: Xinhua | 11-25-2008 08:51

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Susan Rice, a long-time foreign policy advisor to U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, has emerged as the leading contender for next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, ABC News reported Monday.

Neither Rice nor the Obama Transition Team had any comment and a formal announcement will not come until after Thanksgiving of Nov. 27.

Rice, a member of former President Bill Clinton's National Security Council and a former assistant secretary of state for African affairs, was a senior foreign policy adviser for Obama's presidential campaign.

The former Rhodes scholar in 2000 received the National Security Council's Samuel Nelson Drew Memorial Award for distinguished contributions to the formation of peaceful, cooperative relationships between nations, and U.S. security policy for global peace.

Editor:Zhang Pengfei