Reuters:
President George W. Bush is considering renominating John Bolton as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, a year after appointing him to the job over Senate objections, aides said on Thursday.
Ohio Republican Sen. George Voinovich, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee who opposed Bolton’s nomination a year ago, said on Thursday he […]
As the ever-continuing saga of John Bolton enters what seems to be its 248th week, it becomes increasingly obvious that George Bush will not back down on his choice for America’s ambassador to the United Nations, despite any number of questions about Bolton’s temperament, ethics, diplomatic skill and his penchant for thinking that the rules […]
A trip down the memory hole:
Republicans Vow To Punish Clinton If He Appoints Lee (12-97):
Republican leaders on Capitol Hill say they’ll make President Clinton suffer if he sidesteps the U.S. Senate to make Bill Lann Lee the nation’s top civil rights attorney. But Clinton apparently is determined to do just that.
“If they make a recess […]
When seven Republicans joined seven Democrats earlier this week to create a compromise on judicial nominations and filibuster use, another layer of intrigue was added to the debate over John Bolton’s nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. The nature of such compromise agreements are usually less clear than they appear on […]
Usually the nomination of an ambassador to the United Nations goes by with a yawn and a quick story buried somewhere near the back of a newspaper’s national section. But that was before John Bolton, the mustachioed former undersecretary of State who seems to love mixing his diplomacy with a little Jerry Springer-esque enthusiasm. He’s […]
Frank Whaley, Matthew Broderick and a pre-Sex and the City Sarah Jessica Parker Komodo dragon.
Via Think Progress, we see that Matthew Hogan, a former lobbyist for Safari Club International, has been named interim director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. As it turns out, Safari Club International isn’t really about safaris as much […]
