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And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN Audio, the Axe Files with

your host, David Axelrod.

Before she was a diplomat and the US ambassador to the United Nations under President Obama,

Samantha Power was a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and an authority on genocide around

the world.

Before that, she was a crusading journalist who was shining a bright light in dark corners

to expose genocide and bring stories from Bosnia and elsewhere to the world.

Now she's the author of a riveting memoir called The Education of an Idealist and she

dropped by the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago recently to talk about

her work, her journey, including an extraordinarily interesting life.

I sat down with her in front of a live audience at the Institute and here is that conversation.

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Samantha Power.

So good to have you here on a chilly winter night.

I know you're from Boston.

You're used to that.

Absolutely.

Great to be here.

So, before we get to your story, which is so beautifully told in your new book, The Education

of an Idealist, I want to talk to you about what's going on right now because

you must have very strong feelings.

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