Leaked Document Exposes Bolton’s Reforming Genius
Arianna Huffington
08.26.2005
The Huffington Post
So the verdict seems to be in: John Bolton’s charm offensive is proving every bit as effective at the U.N. as it was with the Senate, which President Bush had to bypass to install him as ambassador.
As the London Independent put it: Any hopes that John Bolton, the new US ambassador to the United Nations, would have been chastened by the way he was elevated to his position have been dashed by the emergence of a leaked document detailing his negotiating demands for next month's UN summit.
No wonder that the leaked 38-page document gutting so many proposed reforms has been causing great turmoil at the State Department. As Steve Clemons asked: Condi -- When does the "supervision" promised to Senators Voinovich, Hagel, and Chafee begin?
Virtually every change made in the reform document seemed designed to undermine important goals. [...] Read the rest at: http://tinyurl.com/bymcc
© Virginia Metze
08.26.2005
The Huffington Post
So the verdict seems to be in: John Bolton’s charm offensive is proving every bit as effective at the U.N. as it was with the Senate, which President Bush had to bypass to install him as ambassador.
As the London Independent put it: Any hopes that John Bolton, the new US ambassador to the United Nations, would have been chastened by the way he was elevated to his position have been dashed by the emergence of a leaked document detailing his negotiating demands for next month's UN summit.
No wonder that the leaked 38-page document gutting so many proposed reforms has been causing great turmoil at the State Department. As Steve Clemons asked: Condi -- When does the "supervision" promised to Senators Voinovich, Hagel, and Chafee begin?
Virtually every change made in the reform document seemed designed to undermine important goals. [...] Read the rest at: http://tinyurl.com/bymcc
© Virginia Metze
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