Samantha Power

USAID workers return to HQ to clear their desks, as Trump dismantles the agency

4:57pm February 27, 2025

Workers who served in the U.S. Agency for International Development were allowed a final and brief visit back to their offices to clear out their belongings on Thursday.

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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'

11:47am November 05, 2021

by Malaka Gharib

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

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.

World News

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

7:38pm August 26, 2021

by Becky Sullivan

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.

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

1:35pm January 13, 2021

by Laurel Wamsley

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.

Samantha Power speaks on Jan. 13, 2017, during her final press conference as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

Books

In New Memoir, Samantha Power Describes Going From Idealist To Diplomat

5:05am September 12, 2019

by Noel King

NPR's Noel King speaks with Samantha Power about her memoir The Education of an Idealist. In her book, Power describes how she went from working outside the system to moving inside, as a diplomat.

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Then U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power answers a reporter's question during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea on Oct. 9, 2016.

Samantha Power Tells Of The Not-So-Simple 'Education Of An Idealist'

2:12pm September 11, 2019

by Caitlyn Kim

In her memoir, the former U.N. ambassador aims to show how she kept true to her idealistic nature despite facing the realities of foreign policy and world atrocities.

For First Time, U.S. Abstains On U.N. Resolution Criticizing Cuba Embargo

3:52pm October 26, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The U.S. has always opposed the annual U.N. resolution calling for an end to the U.S. embargo on Cuba, but it abstained this time. The White House opposes the embargo and has taken steps to ease it.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 2015 American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference in Washington on Monday.

Netanyahu: U.S., Israel Agree On No Nukes For Iran, Split On How To Get There

12:37pm March 03, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

But, the Israeli premier told AIPAC, reports of a decline in ties between the allies were "not only premature, they're just wrong." The remarks come amid tensions between the countries.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power had her temperature taken as she arrived in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power Sees Signs Of Hope In West Africa

7:41pm October 31, 2014

by NPR Staff

After a four-day visit to Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, she reports progress — along with the need for continued support.

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U.N. Ambassador: U.S. Got What It Sought With Syria Resolution

8:31pm September 27, 2013

by Eyder Peralta

Samantha Power said the resolution imposes a "pretty distinct form of accountability," in that it strips Syria of its chemical weapons. In the case of non-compliance, she said, the U.S. would have the "the force of global opinion on our side."

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