ABC News is reporting Susan Rice has emerged as the leading candidate to be President-elect Obama’s nominee to be US ambassador to the United Nations. Rice was one of the Obama campaign’s top foreign policy advisers. Rice is a former member of President Bill Clinton’s National Security Council and a former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. She opposed the US invasion of Iraq but has advocated for military action in case of humanitarian crisis. Two years ago, Rice co-authored an article advocating for US attacks against Sudan. She wrote that the United States should consider unilaterally striking Sudanese airfields, aircraft and other military assets. Rice wrote, “If the United States fails to gain U.N. support, we should act without it.”