Bolton sabotaged U.S. foreign policy repeatedly

[housewolf]

From Steve Clemons' "The Washington Note" today...



The Senators want facts. Lawrence Wilkerson just blew Bolton's professional performance in his Under Secretary job apart in his recent interviews.

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From Doug Jehl's very important New York Times piece this morning:

A new portrayal of John R. Bolton describes him as having so angered senior State Department officials with his public comments that the deputy secretary of state, Richard L. Armitage, ordered two years ago that Mr. Bolton be blocked from delivering speeches and testimony unless they were personally approved by Mr. Armitage.

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Bolton lied about the lengths he went to try and prevent ElBaradei from getting a third term. Senator Hagel asked specifically about Bolton's resistance to ElBaradei -- and BOLTON REPLIED THAT IT WAS ONLY A CONCERN ABOUT "TERM LIMITS." Bolton lied to Senator Hagel then.

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http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/

[caligirl]

1. Lugar is miscalculating, this will hurt him.

The White House is counting on Biden not having staying power and yielding. The White House screwed over Richard Lugar who is still supporting Bolton besides being denied the NSA intercepts along with Biden. Lugar's considerable prestige has already been harmed by the Bolton nomination, and I imagine that he thinks his other contributions to national security discourse and the fact that he is the Chairman after all will keep the Bolton costs low. He may be miscalculating.

[housewolf]

3. There's some rumor that the State Dept is worried

that Bolton won't pass now and they're looking around at other possible people to nominate.

Steve Clemons has the story, I haven't read it all the way through yet but the details are here:
thewashingtonnote.com

[indepat]

2. Bolton is W's guy: when are the naysayers going to give it up?