by Jim Lobe

Tom Paine

03/07/05

In a breathtaking victory for right-wing hawks, President George W. Bush has nominated John Bolton -- current undersecretary of state -- to become his next ambassador to the United Nations. Bolton, widely considered the most unilateralist and least diplomatic of senior U.S. officials during Bush's first term, will have to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, where some Democrats ... are expected to put up a fight. One aide called the nomination 'incredible,' particularly in light of recent indications ... that Bush and his new secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, intended to pursue a more multilateralist policy in his second term and was determined to smooth the rougher diplomatic edges of his foreign-policy team...

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/the_armageddon_nominee.php


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp