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Prakosh
11-10-2006, 11:29 AM
And that he would have an ever greater Republican majority to protect picks like Bolton when he finally had to get him approved. Otherwise why go through all this upheaval. He really is living in a fool's paradise there in the white house. Poor Bush, this must be a really rude awakening for him.


John Bolton, US envoy to UN 'set to lose job'
Mr Bolton's nomination was due to be reviewed by the end of the year.

The US envoy to the UN, John Bolton, looks set to lose his job after the Democrats' victory in mid-term polls.

Mr Bolton was appointed to the post during a Congressional recess after his nomination stalled in the Senate.

The White House wants Mr Bolton to stay at the UN, but the chances are slim of him being backed by the Senate.

He would become the second high-profile member of President George Bush's team to leave after the polls, following Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

Mr Bolton's appointment in August 2005 was a procedural manoeuvre which avoided the need for him to be confirmed until the end of this year.

That procedure cannot be repeated, and the new climate in Congress appears to rule out winning a two-thirds majority of senators.

President Bush has formally asked for Mr Bolton to be confirmed during the final session of the outgoing Senate.

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But the senators who opposed Mr Bolton last time, including one Republican, are refusing to change their minds.

"I see no point in considering Mr Bolton's nomination again" Sen Joseph Biden, Foreign Relations Committee

Lincoln Chafee, who was defeated by his Democrat rival in Rhode Island this week, said it would be illogical to change his stance at the last minute.

"The American people have spoken out against the president's agenda on a number of fronts, and presumably one of those fronts is on foreign policy," Mr Chafee said.

"And at this late stage in my term, I'm not going to endorse something the American people have spoken out against."

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