It would be unreasonable for anyone to claim these women are not sufficiently important and working on the very issues that face Israel. Rice is as close an adviser as any on foreign policy. On Iran, she is in a great position to be here -- she is not directly involved in the negotiations, but she is certainly in a position to dispute Netanyahu on Iran.
Powers is extremely well positioned as the UN ambassador - ie the person who has had to save Israel from resolutions.
On the other hand, it means the administration does not walk back on Kerry and Biden being busy. AT a hearing before the House, Kerry referenced a long list of things that the State department had done for Israel - I would assume that the administration will insure that the people attending here all that was done.
Although Netanyahu does not like the administration, it is very clear that even just counting the removal of the Syrian chemical weapons and the Iran interim agreement added to the Iron Dome that Obama approved and put in the budget, the administration have done more for Israel's security than Netanyahu himself! From Netanyahu's own admissions, the interim agreement that he screamed against DID move Iran from about a two month to a one year breakout time. It would be very good if - in a straight forward manner - the administration took credit for that. These are the three most significant things helping Israel's security -- and they were all by the US.
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