Senate Panel Takes Up Bolton Nomination
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-UN-Ambassador.html
July 27, 2006
Senate Panel Takes Up Bolton Nomination
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 6:17 a.m. ET [Bolton round 2] [about a week or so ago dueling interpretations of Bolton’s tenure] [first, relatively positive pieces published by NYT and WP if I recall correctly] [then next Day Warren Hodge published a piece he’d been working on for months, making it appear a forced move] [in it allies of US trashed Bolton] [presaging the battle I think that begins today] [*****************]
WASHINGTON (AP) -- After nearly a year on the job and under the watchful eye of Congress, John Bolton is inching toward Senate confirmation of his post as U.N. ambassador.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-UN-Ambassador.html
July 27, 2006
Senate Panel Takes Up Bolton Nomination
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 6:17 a.m. ET [Bolton round 2] [about a week or so ago dueling interpretations of Bolton’s tenure] [first, relatively positive pieces published by NYT and WP if I recall correctly] [then next Day Warren Hodge published a piece he’d been working on for months, making it appear a forced move] [in it allies of US trashed Bolton] [presaging the battle I think that begins today] [*****************]
WASHINGTON (AP) -- After nearly a year on the job and under the watchful eye of Congress, John Bolton is inching toward Senate confirmation of his post as U.N. ambassador.
Bolton has the green light from Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, who last year sided with Democrats in opposing the president's nomination. While Democrats are still expected to oppose the confirmation, Bolton also has retained the support of other key GOP senators.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee planned to conduct a hearing Thursday to reconsider Bolton's nomination. [*********]
President Bush last year temporarily installed Bolton as U.N. ambassador while Congress was in recess, an appointment that will expire in January. The recess appointment, provided for by the Constitution, came after Democrats blocked repeated attempts by GOP leaders to grant Bolton Senate approval.
By resubmitting Bolton's nomination to the Senate, the president has made clear ''that Ambassador Bolton is important to the implementation of U.S. policies at the United Nations and to broader U.S. goals on the global stage,'' Sen. Richard G. Lugar, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in prepared remarks.
Lugar, R-Ind., noted in his remarks that the Senate has already conducted an ''exhaustive review'' of Bolton's credentials.
Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., the Foreign Relations Committee's top Democrat, has said Bolton should not get a confirmation vote until the White House turns over documents Biden requested when Bolton was nominated last year.
Voinovich announced last week he would support Bolton.
''My observations are that while Bolton is not perfect, he has demonstrated his ability, especially in recent months, to work with others and follow the president's lead by working multilaterally,'' Voinovich said in a statement.
The senator insisted he had not been pressured into his decision by the White House and that he believed Bolton's personality had been ''tempered'' in recent months.
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