Senator Hagel Employs One of John Bolton’s Victims

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How did John Bolton think he was going to get away with the emphatic testimony he gave that he did not try to get any one removed or fired from their positions and never, in any way, tried to meddle with the intelligence findings with which he was being provided by State Department intel officers?…

Bolton Vote Pushed Back to Next Week

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Senator Lugar knows that yesterday’s hearings just made the Bolton confirmation process much more messy than expected. Lugar does not like messiness — and leans over backward to assure that there is fair play in his committee hearings.

Senator Chafee, When Do Anecdotes about John Bolton Become Data?

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According to this report by Barry Schweid, Lincoln Chafee still intends to vote to confirm John Bolton. Dafna Linzer and Charles Babington of the Washington Post report this from Chafee: “It was strong testimony from Mr. Ford. He used strong language,” Chafee said. But “it’s all focused on this one incident.