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Saturday, December 09, 2006

US Ambassador Bolton leaves UN with Congressional recess

Quiet exit for UN's Bolton as Congress goes into recess...
dpa German Press AgencyPublished: Saturday December 9, 2006
By JT Nguyen,
New York- John Bolton, the White House's pugnacious emissary to the United Nations, stepped out of UN headquarters Friday following a last meeting with the UN Security Council. Bolton's term as US ambassador to the world organization began when US Congress recessed a year ago and ended the same way - without fanfare or glory for the high-profile position as the voice of the US to the assembled nations of the world.
US President George W Bush appointed Bolton when Congress recessed in 2005 because of strong opposition from Democrats, and failed to renew the nomination a year later after Democrats took control of the Senate, killing all prospects that Bolton could received a formal appointment. >>>cont

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