I was delighted to read this morning that Obama has chosen our own Susan Rice as Ambassador to the UN, and that he is elevating that position to cabinet level.

When Susan Rice spoke at the Martin Luther King breakfast last year, I was keenly interested. I knew that I supported him, and she was one of his key foreign policy advisors. As she began her speech I said to my, "Yes -- I know that, but she says it so clearly, so strongly". But then she went deeper and deeper, helping tie together so many aspects of justice, liberation, security, democracy, and struggle. And as I left that breakfast, I felt even more strongly that any candidate who would surround himself with such advisers needed my strong support.

Well, he's not a candidate any longer, and this morning I read that she will be our Ambassador to the UN. I can't think of a better person for the job. And by elevating her position to cabinet level, Obama is signaling that acting as part of the world community -- and not as a power force outside that community -- is really important.

Congratulations to Susan Rice, and to all of us. We've all won.

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