UN Ambassador John Bolton calls it quitsDecember 4, 2006
Hat Tip: Mrs. Owl
In what is being suggested is a surprise move, Baltimore born and raised and McDonogh graduate, John Bolton, has announced his resignation as U.S. Ambassador to the UN.
This is not a step in the correct direction as we attempt to adjust our course in Iraq and continue to face threats and challenges to our national security on a world-wide scale – and the UN always seems ready and willing to aid and abet those who have the worst intentions for the United States and Israel..
Down the road, should we ever have a Democrat president, this is one for which we need to retain an acurate memory - - as it is petty liberal partisan politics at its worse.
Perhaps the next time the Republican leadership in Congress wants to give a pass to a Democratic president’s nomination out of deference to the president and in the interest of comity; this needs to be remembered.
For previous posts on Ambassador Bolton click here.
For Maryland Blogger Alliance member, Soccer Dad’s past in-depth analysis – go here.
For my take on Ambassador Bolton in The Tentacle, please read:
August 2, 2006, Confirm Joltin' John Bolton , Kevin E. Dayhoff: “On March 7, 2005, President George W. Bush nominated Baltimorean John R. Bolton to be the United States ambassador to the United Nations. It is time for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee - as well as the entire upper chamber - to confirm our Maryland-bred leadership in the U.N…”
MSNBC says, “John Bolton resigns as ambassador to U.N.,” and has a video…
Meanwhile Fox News is carrying the Associated Press story.
For CBS’s left-leaning take: “U.N. Ambassador John Bolton To Step Down:”
(CBS/AP) Unable to win Senate confirmation, U.N. Ambassador John Bolton will step down when his recess appointment expires soon, the White House said Monday.
The White House had argued in recent weeks that Bolton had demonstrated his value and professionalism in the job and deserved to be confirmed. But even a Senate still in Republican hands didn't have the numbers to make it happen, CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller reports.
Bolton's nomination has languished in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for more than a year, blocked by Democrats and several Republicans. Sen. Lincoln Chafee, a moderate Republican who lost in the midterm elections Nov. 7 that swept Democrats to power in both houses of Congress, was adamantly opposed to Bolton.
President Bush gave Bolton the job temporarily in August 2005, while Congress was in recess. But the appointment expires when Congress formally adjourns, no later than early January.
Although Mr. Bush could not give Bolton another recess appointment, the White House was believed to be exploring other ways of keeping him in the job, perhaps by giving him a title other than ambassador. But Bolton informed the White House he intended to leave when his current appointment expires, White House deputy press secretary Dana Perino said.
Mr. Bush planned to meet with Bolton and his wife later Monday in the Oval Office.
As late as last month, Mr. Bush, through his top aides, said he would not relent in his defense of Bolton, despite unwavering opposition from Democrats who view Bolton as too combative for international diplomacy.
The White House resubmitted Bolton's nomination last month. But with Democrats capturing control of the next Congress, his chances of winning confirmation appeared slight. The incoming chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Democratic Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, said he saw "no point in considering Mr. Bolton's nomination again."
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Our incoming Senator wrote back that he would look into the issue of the Bolton nomination. i.e. Do nothing.
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