Kirsten Powers has joined CNN as a political analyst.

Powers joins the cable new network from Fox News Channel, where she also had been an analyst, weighing in on the election and debates for daytime and primetime programming.

She is a former political appointee in the Clinton Administration and was public affairs deputy assistant U.S. Trade Representative.

Powers joined Fox News Channel in 2004 and had been a panelist on FNC's Outnumbered. She will continue as a contributor to USA Today.