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Excellent news!
I believe he'll do a great job.
(sorry but this forum absolutely needs more diversity...)
I believe he'll do a great job.
(sorry but this forum absolutely needs more diversity...)
Democrats bristle at Bush's push to confirm Bolton
POSTED: 1:35 a.m. EST, November 10, 2006
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- On the same day President Bush promised a new bipartisan Washington, he began efforts to get two of his most controversial decisions approved before the Democrats take over Congress.
Bush on Thursday submitted the nomination of John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and said he would like to move forward on legislation to authorize the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance program.
Bush said he would like to see action on both issues before year's end. The Democratic-controlled Congress begins its term in January.
Bolton was appointed August 2005 during a Congressional recess. His appointment will expire in January unless the Senate confirms him -- and the probable next chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee says approval is unlikely.
Some Republicans are also against the Bolton nomination.
Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee, who was defeated in this week's election, also said he would block Bolton's nomination.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- This is probably not what President Bush had in mind when he stressed bipartisanship after the Democratic Party's midterm elections sweep.
A key Senate Republican has joined Democrats in opposing one of Bush's initiatives for the lame-duck Congress: John Bolton's nomination as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
With leaders from both parties promising a new bipartisan Washington, Bush began efforts to get two of his most controversial decisions approved before the Democrats take over.
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But Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee, who was defeated in this week's election, said he would block Bolton's nomination.
Chafee, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, told reporters that he did not believe Bolton's nomination would move forward without his support.
"The American people have spoken out against the president's agenda on a number of fronts, and presumably one of those is on foreign policy," the Rhode Island moderate told The Associated Press.
"And at this late stage in my term, I'm not going to endorse something the American people have spoke out against."
The committee, dominated 10-8 by Republicans, requires a majority vote to send the nomination to the Senate floor. A tie would be the same as a no vote.
After failing to get a Senate vote for Bolton's nomination, Bush made the appointment in August 2005 during a Congressional recess. (Full story)
Bolton's appointment will expire in January unless the Senate confirms him, and the probable next chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee says approval is unlikely.
"I see no point in considering Mr. Bolton's nomination again in the Foreign Relations Committee because, regardless of what happens there, he is unlikely to be considered by the full Senate," said Democratic Sen. Joe Biden, who is set to become the committee's chairman and control the agenda in January.
Bluer White said:Bolton has been on the job for the last 15 months. Has he proven himself unfit in that time?
deep said:
let's throw Bolton on the ash heap with
Rummy, Santorum, and Macaca
Bush's UN ambassador bails
David Lightman at 10:30 am CST
Chalk up another casualty of the power shift in Washington: John Bolton, the president’s controversial nominee for ambassador to the United Nations, conceded the obvious today in an inability to win Senate confirmation and announced that he will resign at the end of his temporary appointment in January.
“After careful consideration, I have concluded that my service in your administration should end when the current recess appointment expires,’’ Bolton wrote in a letter Friday to President Bush that was released only today. Bush accepted that resignation today “with deep regret,’’ and with a much more pointed reference to the “stubborn obstructionism’’ of senators who are preventing his nominee from taking a permanent seat at the U.N.
BonoVoxSupastar said:Fuck Bolton...
Justin24 said:
Fuck the U.N. a worthless organization of thugs who pat each other on the back for doing a good job of nothing. Relocate them somewhere else. I want the UN out of the US.
Canadiens1160 said:Thank God Bolton is gone - what a douchebag.
Justin, far be it for me to lecture you on international relations...but how many World Wars have we had since the formation of the United Nations?
You're looking at the UN as some of miracle cure for international relations - it's not. Think of it as more of a sieve that all the political angst of its members can be drained through - it's a moderating body that allows cooler heads to prevail.Justin24 said:
None but how many genocides have they let go?????????? Alot.
They favored Hamas and Syria during the Israel, Lebenon Conflict instead of going after both sides.
Plus I could see another WW happening soon anyways. They'll be to busy writing letters of complaint to those nations and send a crappy internation peacekeeping force. The same force who allowed Hamas militants to hide in the bunkers and bases and launch mortors at israelie troops.
Justin24 said:
Fuck the U.N. a worthless organization of thugs who pat each other on the back for doing a good job of nothing. Relocate them somewhere else. I want the UN out of the US.
You're missing the point - the UN is not a military organization like NATO.When it comes time to care, then we could alway muster countries to join in.
Canadiens1160 said:
Honestly you have to come up with some points besides "I hate the UN" because you can't get away with that in a political discussion forum
Oh sweet so I can just throw around close-minded, unsupported opinions?BonoVoxSupastar said:
You must be new to FYM.
Canadiens1160 said:Oh sweet so I can just throw around close-minded, unsupported opinions?
I am going to have fun here.
Justin24 said:You have Rwanda, The Congo, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, China, North Korea, Iran etc... who are problems in this world. What does the UN do............................................ Nothing, except lets talk and if they dont like it they leave the table continuing the genocides and destruction.
Justin24 said:
The UN is a social club where the dine in luxery while the problems there supposed to handle continue. Please show me the good they have done.