Remember Richard Lugar’s “Tests” of a Nominee? Bolton Fails Them All

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During Senator Lugar’s opening statement on the very first day of hearings in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he established a three point test of the “fitness” of any nominee for a position when considering the nominee’s past record and statements. Let me remind readers what those three essential issues, in Lugar’s mind, were: 1….

<em>Newsweek</em> Reports on NSA Intercepts Link to Possible Bolton Vote Delay

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Mark Hosenball and Michael Isikoff have a nice overview on how the NSA intercepts controversy is surfacing like a semi-concealed submarine in the Bolton debate. This story has been percolating for weeks, but few have serious journalists have looked at the triple layer chess confrontation that is being waged by multiple players in this process….

Biden Triggers All the Reasons to Oppose: Most Are the Arguments Offered by Republicans Offended and Disturbed by Bolton Nomination

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Senator Joe Biden also gave one of the many excellent statements on the floor of the Senate today opposing the Bolton nomination. His commentary was well organized, methodic, empirical and well substantiated, and seductive. This combined with statements by Dodd, Rockefeller, Voinovich and others has created a tangible momentum against Bolton’s nomination.