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Foreign Policy Live

Samatha Power’s Exit Interview

Foreign Policy Live

Foreign Policy

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.1622 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Top humanitarian aid official and longtime diplomat Samantha Power discusses lessons learned from her post at USAID and what she’d like to share with the next administration in this bonus episode. This conversation was taped before the passage of last week's Continuing Resolution. Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free): Walter Kerr and Amanda Arch: U.S. Foreign Aid Is Broken but Fixable  Agathe Demarais: Aid Is the Next Battleground Between China and the West Laura Thornton: How a Second Trump Term Will Redefine Foreign Aid Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hi, I'm Ravi Agrawal, Foreign Policies Editor-in-Chief.

1:05.8

This is FP Live.

1:16.6

Welcome. In a few weeks, the Biden administration will hand over the reins of power to President-elect Trump. U.S. foreign policy could change dramatically. One of the arms of government,

1:23.4

USAID, will play a key part in that change. USAID administers more than $60 billion of American taxpayer money globally

1:31.9

and plays a key role in achieving the White House's international objectives.

1:37.6

Well, my guest today has been the administrator of USAID for the last three plus years

1:42.4

and steps down in January. Her name is Samantha Power,

1:46.8

and she's been on this show before. As you might know, Power also sits on the National Security

1:51.6

Council. She's the first person in her role to do so. And that comes up a fair bit in this

1:57.6

conversation, as does Power's personal legacy. And that's because even before

2:02.2

this role, she's been a media superstar as a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations,

2:08.1

as a former journalist, and also the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, A Problem

2:13.1

from Hell. So there's lots to talk about. This one's a bonus episode just in time for the holidays.

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