John Bolton Slams Korea Nuke Deal
John Bolton, President Bush's former UN ambassador, is not at all pleased with last week's deal with North Korea on the nuclear stalemate. With much fanfare and choreography, but little substance, the administration has accepted a North Korean "declaration" about its nuclear program that is narrowly limited, incomplete and almost certainly dishonest in material respects. In exchange, President Bush personally declared ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 30, 2008 08:59
Fastest Flip-Flop In History?
Kevin Drum awards the world record for fastest flip-flop to Sean Hannity in a show yesterday commenting about the North Korea deal:HANNITY: The news today brings a clear foreign policy victory for the Bush administration. But will the press report it that way? Joining us now for analysis, former ambassador to the U.N. and a Fox News contributor, John Bolton. ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 27, 2008 13:41
North Korea Nukes Breakthrough: A Roadmap for Iran?
The news over the past 48 hours or so about movement in solving the nuclear arms standoff with North Korean has been stunning. Not only is President Bush taking the DPRK off the "state sponsors of terrorism" list but the Kim government has taken major steps to dismantle their program and provide with stringent verification regimes. The administration fully ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 26, 2008 14:40
Does John McCain Want to Kill the UN?
During a major foreign policy address yesterday, John McCain talked about his plan to create a League of Democracies. Charles Krauthammer sees a plot to do away with the United Nations: Well, I like the idea of the league of democracies, and only in part because I and others had proposed it about six years ago. What I like about ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on March 27, 2008 14:20
Bush Rules Out Quick Cuba Policy Change
Fidel Casto may have stepped down but the embargo aimed at his ouster is staying put. The Bush administration is ruling out any changes in its Cuba policy — including lifting a five-decade trade embargo — after Fidel Castro's resignation, deriding his brother and heir apparent, Raul, as "dictator lite." [...] "They're the ones who suffered under Fidel Castro," Bush told a ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on February 19, 2008 16:01
Fred Thompson Endorses McCain
Fred Thompson has become the latest former 2008 Republican presidential candidate to endorse John McCain. Fred Thompson, the one-time Republican presidential candidate, endorsed Sen. John McCain Friday, calling on the party to "close ranks" behind the presumed nominee. "This is no longer about past preferences or differences. It is about what is best for our country and for me that means ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on February 9, 2008 08:50
UK Can’t Have Two Best Friends
Former UN Ambassador John Bolton writes an open letter to the Brits telling them, essentially, that they must choose between the United States and the European Union. [S]aying that the UK’s “single most important bilateral relationship” is with America, but is not comparable with UK membership of the EU, is a clever but ultimately meaningless dodge. Drop the word “bilateral”. What ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on August 1, 2007 08:14
Hillary Clinton’s Neckline
Robin Givhan is at it again. She has a story on C1 of today's WaPo about Hillary Clinton's cleavage. There was cleavage on display Wednesday afternoon on C-SPAN2. It belonged to Sen. Hillary Clinton. She was talking on the Senate floor about the burdensome cost of higher education. She was wearing a rose-colored blazer over a black top. The neckline sat ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 20, 2007 15:18
Fighting Recess Appointments with Fake Sessions
Paul Bedard reports that Senate Democrats will hold bogus "sessions" in order to prevent the use of the recess appointment power. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has a little trick up his sleeve that could spell an end to President Bush's devilish recess appointments of controversial figures like former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton. We hear that over the long August ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 21, 2007 07:40
Khalilzad to U.N. Ambassador, Crocker to Iraq
U.S. ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad is going to be nominated to replace John Bolton as U.N. ambassador and Ryan Crocker, currently the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, will be nominated to replace Khalilzad in Baghdad later today. This continues a significant shake-up of the foreign policy staff including the replacement of Don Rumsfeld with Bob Gates at Defense, the ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on January 5, 2007 07:35
