Talk:Samantha Power

message: suggest an alternative phrasing rather then just removing it, describing a military invasion and occupation as a 'humanitarian intervention' is far from neutral. You can't just say lets invade and occupy a country and not also remark on the consequences. liberal imperialism is well known tactic that has been employed for centuries, she has consistently advocated this for years in Sudan and elsewhere which i've given you several links for. look at her debate with Jeremy Scahill she's no saint.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lostexpectation (talk • contribs) 19:42, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOV must reflect consequence

message: The recent facts of Ms. Power's embarrassing statements, which resulted in her resignation from the position of foreign policy advisor to Obama should stand within the article for the time being. Ms. Powers is a brilliant person, who has done much good work. She will continue to much good work, but the current news is a part of her biography. With distance and time, it will be easier to return to a normal bio and remove some of the very recent events and in the context of her life's work, I'm sure it will be a small and insignificant event. But newsworthy items, of recent events, that are sourced, accurate, and involve a significant event belong within the context of a biography of a living person.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.200.36.10 (talk) 21:33, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Ms Power's comments to ''The Scotsman'' and subsequent resignation

message: This article needs a major rewrite. I don't care about how much her remarks on Hillary Clinton stand out, but half of it is utterly redundant and circuitous. Suggestions for improvement welcomed. Cjs2111 (talk) 05:10, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a bit tough because there are some minor editing skirmishes happening right now (wouldn't call them 'edit wars' yet exactly), so a lot of stuff is being added and removed repeatedly by a number of editors. It might be worth it to just sit tight for a few days until some of the IP editors slink back into the woodwork, then it'll be easier to work constructively. BTW not impugning all IP editors on this article. Anchoress · Weigh Anchor · Catacomb 05:21, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Please consider writing to Clinton and Obama and suggest she be forgiven and rehired. :-) Steve Dufour (talk) 06:12, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Organization

message: There has been a report  that she has been named to the National Security Council, but the report also says there is no official announcement yet.  Wait for something official about the "senior director for multilateral affairs at the National Security Council" position (the Jamie Metzl article seems to use a different title).  -- SEWilco (talk) 03:04, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  NSC report 

message: I deleted the following: 
"It must be acknowledged that her choice of the word "monster" was both emotionally loaded and difficult to diffuse. It is a widespread belief that her close association with President Obama indicates that her 'Monstergate' remark was shared by the then-presidential candidate."
as well as:
"It is astonishing that his supporters continued to promote that his campaign was clean when Ms Power is still one of his close team membersBarack Obama forced to decry adviser's 'monster' remarks of Hillary Clinton - New York Daily News 2008-03-07"
as both paragraphs are completely unacceptable under a NPOV view. Also, the "widespread belief" is unsourced, most likely because THERE IS NO SOURCE. 84.129.151.242 (talk) 11:21, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV: monster remarks 

message: we need to know if she is from Northern Ireland(protestant part) or Republic of Irelnd catholic part). this detail is really important for a better understanding of her political views.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.231.38.170 (talk) 14:34, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Alternatively, you could judge her by her statements and actions rather than by the label of one religious sect or the other given to her when too young to voice an opinion.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.246.81.101 (talk) 19:11, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ireland 

message: I believe that Power is no longer affiliated with the Carr Center at the Kennedy School of Government @ Harvard.  At the least, she is no longer teaching courses there.  i.m.o. somebody should look into this and consider removing this information from the article - it's quite dated at this point.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.127.200.152 (talk) 21:48, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kennedy School of Goverment 

message: References #1 & 2 are down, does anyone have any alternate links? 99.231.211.103 (talk) 16:29, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ref's down

message: Much speculation on the internet that Samantha Power is behind the "Ellie Light" letters to the editor that appeared throughout the country in various newspapers. Can anyone confirm?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.245.99.9 (talk) 18:12, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ellie Light 

message: Please could her birthplace be verified. This is because I have noticed that Samantha Power (actress), who is a completely different person, is also shown as born in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, RoI. --Redrose64 (talk) 12:40, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: In her memoir, 'The Education of an Idealist', Power writes. "I was born in September of 1970, while Mum was still studying to become a doctor in London. When my dad began the six-year course at University College Dublin shortly thereafter, we moved back to Dublin" -- c36b9 (talk) 15:57, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birthplace 

message: A new article this morning  "Obama will also name Samantha Power, a human rights expert and former White House adviser, to replace Rice as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations."  To quote: "The Face of the Benghazi Talking Points Controversy Is Receiving a Promotion — and You Won’t Believe Her Replacement"
NY Times: “Defiant gesture to Republicans”
Politico: Samantha Power to become new U.N. ambassador (Cass Sunstein’s wife)
Flashback: Blaze one of first major outlets to connect Power to Obama’s recent foreign policy
Beck: Probably the most dangerous women in America
…Video
Hannity in 2009: One of the top 10 most dangerous people in the administration
We already have her "Views" in this Wikipedia article, and we probably don't need a "Controversy" section, IMHO, Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 15:22, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conservatives see her as a dangerous Progressive 

message: Hello, could someone please update the citation note of Power's confirmation? The first linked source in the article was for when she was nominated, but now that she was confirmed I think we need to update the source. Of course, I could be wrong. I'd do it myself but I'm not exactly sure how to and I don't want to mess anything up. Thanks! Zarash6767 (talk) 08:53, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update Source of Power's Confirmation? 

message: I found Power's bio timeline hard to follow. Dates are missing perhaps intentionally.  For example:
Under Life and Career -- "Raised in Ireland until she was nine, Power lived in Castleknock and was schooled in .... Dublin until her parents emigrated to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1979... She attended Lakeside High School in Atlanta, where she was a member of the cross country team and the basketball team. She subsequently graduated from Yale University.  From 1993 to 1996, she worked as a journalist, covering the Yugoslav Wars for U.S. News & World Report, The Boston Globe, The Economist, and The New Republic.  When she returned to the United States, she attended Harvard Law School, receiving her J.D. in 1999.
Stated dates are shown marked with carats (the side box gives her birth year).  Parentheses are my estimates of missing information in the bio. This seems to indicated that Power completed Harvard Law School and received her J.D. in record short time. Also "when she returned to the United States, she attended Harvard law school."  It is not clear where she was before she returned.  Granted she worked as a journalist covering the Yugoslav wars... but she was not on the ground the entire time period.. where was her base, the article would suggest it was not in the U.S., perhaps it was in a Grqnd Hyatt, Mandarin or Shangri-La hotel in the region?                               
Born 1970
Emigrated to us at nine yrs 1979
(Graduated high school 18 yrs 1988)
(Matriculated Yale undergrad around 1992)
1993-1996 journalist covering the Yugoslav wars
(Harvard law school 1996-1999)
J.D. Harvard law school 1999
Danleywolfe (talk) 16:05, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  lack of information / clarity in bio timeline 

message: Seems like the balance in views is off. The third paragraph comprises almost 2/3 of the section and after a couple of sections giving background - remarks made suggesting America will need to act to stop a future Israeli acts of genocide, the remainder of the paragraph is about pro-Israeli "opponents" defending her against charges of racism. Reads as defence to the point of conceding guilt. 118.208.76.11 (talk) 05:39, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Views? 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: " Power appears in Charles Ferguson's 2007 documentary about the war in Iraq, No End in Sight, which alleges numerous missteps by the Bush administration." 178.232.151.70 (talk) 09:38, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Was there anything notable about how she "appears" in the documentary 

message: I have my doubts about this text belonging in the article:
"Upon her departure from the White House to take up the position as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Abramowitz, Director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Center for the Prevention of Genocide said: "There is a small group of people that really care about genocide prevention and prevention of mass atrocities, and we all appreciate that we had a real champion for those issue at the highest levels of government.  She worked very hard to strengthen the interagency treatment of these issues, and she had a great deal of passion for those issues, and she brought that passion to the government."(Josh Rogin, "Samantha Power leaving White House," Foreign Policy, February 4, 2013.) 178.232.151.70 (talk) 10:16, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Claim that few people really care about genocide prevention 

message: Her most notable views might belong together with the mention of the position she held, when her views received notable mention. There probably no need for a seperate section towards the top of the article.
"Power is known for her efforts to increase public awareness of genocide and human rights abuses, particularly in the Darfur conflict. In 2006, she contributed to Screamers, a movie about the Darfur, Armenian, and other genocides of the 20th and 21st centuries. While Power was a leading voice calling for armed intervention to prevent mass atrocities in the Balkans and Libya,() she emphasizes that the United States has many non-military options for responding: "If you think of foreign policy as a toolbox, there are a whole range of options—you can convene allies, impose economic sanctions, expel ambassadors, jam hate radio. There is always something you can do."(Celestine Bohlen, "On a Mission to Shine a Spotlight on Genocide; Samantha Power's Mind Leaps From Bosnia to Iraq," The New York Times, February 5, 2003.) 178.232.151.70 (talk) 10:42, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  How to highlight her views 

message: A source other than Charlie Rose is needed to demonstrate notability of a quote from the Charlie Rose Show. Thereafter notability and relevance has to be demonstrated as to why the quote needs to be in the wikipedia article.
"On February 21, Power appeared on Charlie Rose and compared Barack Obama to Sergio Vieira de Mello, who is the subject of Chasing the Flame. "This would be Sergio's lesson: if you are not thinking in terms of both dignity and freedom from fear, and this is the other thing Obama has come back to, the old Rooseveltian idea.  Obama has tried to run a campaign that moves us out of the politics of fear. He is also very sensitive to the degree to which, and Sergio uses this line, 'fear is a bad adviser.' This is a line that could have come out of Obama's mouth, though happened to come out of Sergio's mouth. We make bad judgments when we are afraid."() 46.15.53.30 (talk) 12:22, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why the quote needs to be in the wikipedia article 

message: "A recently posted document gives several examples of pro-Israel, Republican support for her."() 46.15.53.30 (talk) 12:55, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability not demonstrated 

message: Breaking news in the (London) Telegraph (www.telegraph.co.uk/) on 18 April 2016. Vehicle running over the child, who ran into road, was a convoy escort, not Power's own. Possibly worth inclusion once story matures.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.76.96.151 (talk) 21:58, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cameroonian child killed by Power motorcade 18Apr16 

message: This page incorrectly lists her as Jewish. I bring it up because the same page lists Brian Chesky's name right next to Power (he's an Italian-Polish Catholic), and someone is trying to use that "source" to list Chesky as Jewish on Wikipedia. Obviously, if Chesky is to be listed as Jewish, so should Power be. So can someone tell the people on that page that their "source" is obviously ridiculous? (and makes ANOTHER error on the same page, Reid Hoffman). Dohodho (talk) 22:44, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is Samantha Power Jewish? 

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message: I just checked wikipedia for info on Ms Power with respect to the unmasking controversy.  There is nothing there. The only controversial element is her "monster" remark referring to Hillary Clinton. The article as it is appears almost like self promotion bio. The unmasking controversy is getting ever more media attention. The ability of our intelligence agencies to protect us from terrorism is enabled by a few laws that allow a type of "wiretapping" on US citizens in certain circumstances, but the names are masked. The unmasking controversy is showing that the intelligence apparatus was being used for political attacks and thus Congress may prohibit the renewal of the laws in question because the safeguards were trampled. We don't want the terrorists to get the upper hand, so we really need to report the unmasking in hopes that it will be forever stopped, and the law renewed with unmasking violations punished where and when appropriate. Silence is a form of approval. Wikipedia should be above the political aspect of the controversy and just report the truth. Knowsetfree (talk) 16:17, 29 July 2017 (UTC)
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