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August 01, 2005
Bolton to Receive Recess Appointment
MSNBC is reporting that the White House will circumvent the will of the Senate by giving John Bolton a recess appointment as UN Ambassador today.
Bolton's nomination has not come up for a vote in the Senate because requested documents regarding his activities have been withheld by the State Department and White House.
Update: It's a done deal. Pelosi's statement from The Stakeholder:
"The President's decision to circumvent the Senate and use a recess appointment naming John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations is a mistake. "John Bolton's record provides no evidence of the kind of diplomatic skill, temperament and judgment that ought to be prerequisites for this critical position. There are serious unanswered questions about whether Mr. Bolton improperly used sensitive intelligence information for political purposes, which contributed to the lack of support he had in the Senate.
Posted by Lyn Wall at August 1, 2005 08:19 AM | Permalink
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Here's a guy who says we just have to choke on it.
If he's right, the question is: do we all want to keep choking on it, or do we want to do something about it?
Posted by: PDiddie at August 1, 2005 12:35 PM
Amazing that Bush actually had the balls to hold a press conference so that he could mouth his usual "man of integrity" line. Watch for Bolton to behave as if he had a mandate to overhaul the UN. I'm sure our former allies are quite impressed.
Posted by: Mike Chappell at August 1, 2005 03:46 PM
The only "mandate" that Bolton has is to get a friggin' haircut.
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at August 1, 2005 04:33 PM