Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) practically accuses John Bolton of undermining American national security by failing to aggressively help secure the elimination in Russia of “about 70 tons of weapons-grade plutonium.” This is the most overt comment yet from a Republican who has problems with John Bolton’s competence and appropriateness as U.S.
Al Gonzales had La Raza. But I’ve been scratching my head wondering who would be pushing Bolton so hard — other than, of course, Dick Cheney, and many other Jesse Helms staffers who want to help the former Senator’s ghost continue to harrass the United Nations as he did in office.
Bolton pushed the Niger-Uranium story over the objections of and rejection by State & CIA analysts. He covered his tracks with “sensitive but classified” secrecy designations to block your and my access to his role. And Senator Hagel, John Bolton’s staff lied to Congress about this.
Here is an Eli Lake article that ran in the New York Sun, which favors Bolton’s confirmation. It’s a good, fair piece and lays out a reasonable picture of what is going on.
John Danforth served about 8 months as America’s Ambassador to the United Nations — and I have just had information shared with me from someone close to him that he saw coming down the pike from Bush Central Command a combination of total disdain for the United Nations and recklessness about it that made his…
I just received this March 1, 2005 letter written by House Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Henry Waxman to Representative Christopher Shays who chairs the Government Reform Committee’s Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Security.
Chuck Hagel has just announced that he intends to vote to confirm John Bolton’s nomination as Ambassador to the United Nations. We regret to add Senator Hagel to the “America Alone Alliance” but must.
Citizens for Global Solutions has just launched StopBolton.org. There’s streaming video of Bolton’s 1994 comments on the U.N. on the front page. Check it out.
Yes, I know. Rice said that John Bolton was her “first choice” as the nominee for American Ambassador to the U.N. Appearances are sooo important in this town.
