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Senate Continues To Look Into Bolton
John Stith
Staff Writer
2005-04-27
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee broadened their investigation of U.N. ambassador nominee John Bolton. Continued accusations of a fiery temper and mistreatment of subordinates as well as generating bad or misleading information with regard to various areas of his job as undersecretary of arm control in the State Department have plagued Bolton from the outset of his hearings.
The committee has agreed to hear from a dozen more individuals regarding his performance including a number of officials involved in the State Department during Mr. Bolton's tenure. His former boss, Colin Powell expressed reservations in private conversations with two senators.
Thomas Hubbard, former ambassador to South Korea recently expressed real problems with Bolton over a speech Bolton gave in South Korea.
The New York Times reported two names on the list to testify, John E. McLaughlin, former deputy director of central intelligence, and John S. Wolfe, former assistant secretary of state, have not publicly testified but both have been reported to have butted heads with Bolton in the past.
The passage of Mr. Bolton's nomination to the full senate has been in question since Senator George Voinovich of Ohio expressed reservations to the committee and wanted more information with regard to Mr. Bolton's history.
Democrats have fought hard against Bolton's nomination and continue to work against Mr. Bolton because of Mr. Bolton's history in the State Department and his state disbelief in the United Nations itself.
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John is a staff writer for SecurityProNews covering cyber security.
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