Obama's U.N. nominee calls inaction on Syria 'disgrace'

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Samantha Power, President Barack Obama's nominee to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, promised to push for action on Syria and fight what she termed "unacceptable bias" against Israel at the world body during her Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday. "We see the failure of the U.N. Security Council to respond to the slaughter in Syria ...