--- description: Power was U.S. ambassador to the U.N. from 2013 to 2017 and is the author of The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Samantha Power ## Samantha Power Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _Power was U.S. ambassador to the U.N. from 2013 to 2017 and_ _is the author of_ The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir ## Samantha Power Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jun 25, 2020 ### [Samantha Power Remembers Jean Kennedy Smith](https://time.com/5859190/jean-kennedy-smith-obituary/) Jean Kennedy Smith died on June 17 at 92 years old [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  May 22, 2016 ### [Samantha Power to Grads: 'Invest Yourself Fully. Get Close'](https://time.com/4341959/samantha-power-commencement-speech-yale-university/) Watch Samantha Power's Yale University commencement speech Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/samantha-power/","name":"Samantha Power"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/samantha-power/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/samantha-power/"},"name":"Samantha Power","jobTitle":null,"description":"Power was U.S. ambassador to the U.N. from 2013 to 2017 and is the author of The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir","url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-power/","sameAs":["https://x.com/SamanthaJPower"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```