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Julian Borger in Washington

From war reporter to USAid chief: Samantha Power returns to Bosnia

Samantha Power in Washington in November. On Friday, Power met with all three members of Bosnia’s tripartite presidency.
Samantha Power in Washington in November. On Friday, Power met with all three members of Bosnia’s tripartite presidency. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

Samantha Power, who covered the Bosnian war as a journalist in her 20s, returned to the country this week as head of the US Agency for International Development (USAid), offering American support for independent journalists.

Power is the highest-ranking US official to visit Bosnia since Joe Biden in 2009, when he was vice-president. Her trip was aimed at showing Biden administration support for Bosnia’s territorial integrity and the 1995 Dayton peace agreement at a time when both are under threat from a resurgent Serb push for partition.

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