WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s top national security adviser Tom Donilon is resigning and will be replaced by U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, marking a significant shakeup to the White House foreign policy team.
Rice’s new post as national security adviser does not require Senate confirmation.
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. Power left the White House earlier this year, though she was considered the president’s likely pick to move to the U.N. should Rice be promoted to the White House.
The official insisted on anonymity in order to discuss the personnel changes before they were publicly announced.