Growing Spines?
Jul 23rd, 2006 at 9:23 pm by Susie
You never know:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut on Sunday promised a bruising fight in the U.S. Senate against confirming John Bolton to be the country’s ambassador to the United Nations.
President George W. Bush bypassed the Senate and installed Bolton into the position last year when lawmakers were on recess.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee scheduled a confirmation hearing on Bolton for Thursday after Ohio Republican Sen. George Voinovich, who previously opposed the nomination, expressed support for Bolton.
“This is going to be a bruising fight,” Dodd said on CNN’s ”Late Edition” program. [...] He argued that problems Democrats had raised last year were not resolved. They blocked the nomination amid accusations Bolton in his previous job as the top U.S. diplomat for arms control had bullied intelligence analysts.
“The problems still persist. Many ambassadors at the U.N. feel he hasn’t done a good job there,” said Dodd, who serves on the Foreign Relations Committee. “It’s polarized the situation.”
He may also have been spying on other parties.