We've been wondering where Samantha Power's been, having been recently appointed as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, which only seem to be united against the United States.
Appointed 19 days ago with great flourish and during several great crises, snarky State Department spokesman Jen Psaki got ugly when FNC inquired as to the UN ambassador's whereabouts.
In keeping with the Obama administration's effort to be as darkly opaque as possible, she snipped that (as a government official in the smartest administration evah) she didn't need to give out any more information than what she'd already given.
So the UN security council met in a rare emergency meeting without her, pondering what to do about the hundreds (thousands?) of suspected victims of nerve gas of the Assad regime in Syria.
Where was she?
Now we learn she had a prearranged personal trip which superseded any government business such as misery in the Sudan or chemical warfare in Syria.
Ohhhhhh! Okay.
She was vacationing in Ireland.
Which, to be honest, seems to be a pattern for her considering she's been avoiding actually working at the UN in preference to giving speeches and going on vacation.
And why was she in Ireland?
Well, she was at a Charlie Chaplin film festival.
So let's get this straight.
During an emergency UN meeting concerning man-caused disasters, our ambassador is attending a
Wonder why former US communications director for the UN Richard Grenell would lament that US credibility around the world has suffered.
But apparently Power fits right in.
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