VIDEO: Obama taps Susan Rice for national security adviser By Washington Examiner June 5, 2013 4:00 am FacebookTwitterEmailPrint Add Washington Examiner on Google FacebookTwitterEmailPrint President Obama has named U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice to take over as national security adviser in a shakeup of his foreign policy team. Obama nominated human rights expert Samantha Power to replace Rice. Recommended Stories The objective of Trump's drip-drip Venezuela strategy TagsBarack ObamaSusan Rice Related Content Magazine Conservatives we lost in 2025: An annual remembrance Magazine US lawmakers navigate a fraught dispute between Ireland and Israel Entertainment Sydney Sweeney and the BookTok blockbuster: Review of The Housemaid Education The importance of protecting homeschooled children from abuse Defense MAGA influencers have jumped in the new Pentagon press pool feet-first