President Bush was unable to get confirmation for the appointment of John Bolton as UN Ambassador last year because of Bolton's bullying behavior. Nearly a year has passed and the Senate is about to reconsider his appointment.
Many things have changed since then, but Bolton's modus operandi remains the same. During his tenure, Bolton has alienated our allies, undermined U.S. foreign policy, missed countless opportunities to make the U.N. stronger and more effective, consistently clashed with the Secretary of State, which undermined the State Department's work, and used heavy-handed tactics that have created anger toward the U.S.
Bolton is the man who said, "There is no such thing as the United Nations. There is an international community that occasionally can be led by the only real power left in the world and that is the United States, when it suits our interest and we can get others to go along."
Is this the kind of man we want representing us at the United Nations?
His confirmation is expected to pass out of committee, and the vote by the full Senate to confirm Bolton is likely to happen before the summer recess next week. Click here to contact your senators!
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