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...what about John Bolton...
...Nevada Democrat said that while he welcomed talk of a compromise, he was considering expanding the filibuster threat to include Bush's pick to be U.N. Ambassador, John Bolton, whose confirmation hearings begin this week. "We might filibuster him," Reid told TIME. And he added another name to the list of those who might be talked to death: Stephen Johnson, whose nomination to head the Environmental Protection Agency has drawn fire from California Senator Barbara Boxer over a pesticide-testing program involving children...
...Tough Guy for a Tough Job President Bush's choice of John Bolton, who has been openly hostile to the U.N., to be U.S. ambassador to the organization was a gutsy move [March 21]. In my dozen or so years in the Washington foreign assistance field, as a political appointee and a career diplomat, I found no individual more honest and straightforward than Bolton. The man is brilliant, an off-putting quality to many in the State Department and foreign policy arena who adopt the maneuvering and cloying approaches traditionally viewed as "diplomatic." Bolton was a tough boss...
...Bolton's criticism of the U.N. is well-founded. Its rules allow for lengthy debates that rarely arrive at solutions to the world's problems. The U.N. is simply too bureaucratic. Previous U.S. ambassadors have been too kind to the institution. Bolton will be able to bring about change. Michael Szeto San Marino, California...
...BOLTON'S CRITICISM OF THE U.N. IS WELL founded. The U.N. is simply too bureaucratic. Previous U.S. ambassadors have been too kind to the institution. Bolton will be able to bring about change...