Bolton’s nomination may not be quite as cut and dried as feared. Yesterday, only one of the five Republicans on the nine member panel gave Bolton anything like an unequivocal endorsement, and the Democrats weighed in with some heavy blows. Today, the beating is continuing:
A former chief of the State Department’s bureau of intelligence and research castigated John R. Bolton on Tuesday as a “kiss-up, kick-down sort of guy” who abused analysts who disagreed with his views of Cuba’s weapons capabilities.
With Bolton’s nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under Democratic attack, Carl W. Ford Jr. appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to support accusations of harassment.
“I have never seen anyone quite like Mr. Bolton,” Ford testified under oath. “He abuses his authority with little people.”
Bolton’s nomination being approved would be a disaster. Keep your fingers crossed.
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