United States Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power hails Sudan's transition during a visit to Khartoum, where she discussed the country's urgent economic and humanitarian needs with officials. "The thorniest issues between the United States government and the Sudanese government have been addressed in recent months and in the last couple of years in a way that makes it possible to have engagements that involve two friends staring out at a problem together," Power says. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES