John Bolton ~ Senate Foreign Relations hearing [9:30am est] (Live Thread)

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS ^ | 4-11-05 | John Bolton

[OXENinFLA]

Nomination

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HEARING
before the

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION

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Monday, April 11, 2005

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Time: 9:30 AM
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building
Presiding: Senator Lugar
 

 

Nominee:

John R. Bolton
   To Be US Representative to The United Nations with
   Rank Of Ambassador and US Representative to the
   United Nations Security Council and to be US

   Representative to Sessions of the United Nations
   General Assembly during His Tenure of Service as
   US Rep to the United Nations

[OXENinFLA]

C-span LIVE LINK

My guess is this will be another attempt by the dems to try and block another one of Pres. Bush's nominees.

[OXENinFLA]

PING...

[OXENinFLA]

ADMINS

Could you move this into BREAKING when it get closer to 9:30?

[leadpenny]

Can't wait to hear Biden pontificate.

[Bahbah]

Can't wait to hear Biden pontificate.

I'm sure that he will not disappoint.

[BelegStrongbow]

Yahoo is already reporting that Bolton was grilled by the Dems on the panel, at 7.30 am EDT. I didn't know prophecy was a skill set for AP reporters, but I guess you learn something every day.

/sarcasm

[Loud Mime]

This should be interesting, as Kofi Annan's office likes him!

[mewzilla]

My guess is this will be another attempt by the dems to try and block another one of Pres. Bush's nominees.

FWIW, I think the Dems are serving two masters, here. And the other one doesn't want to have to account for all the billions, and not just Iraqi, that have been looted.

[Diogenesis]

Biden was on a feeding tube, once. But then for Democrats
there are TWO Americas. One for Senators. One for all else.

Two future classes: Imperial Senators and the slaves to the UN and OneWorld.

[OXENinFLA]

"Can you see my hair plugs?"

[mewzilla]

And while I'm on the subject, how is it that the Senate's oversight of the UN was soooo lax that it allowed Oil-For-Food to happen?

Seems to me that Bolton shouldn't be the only one in the hot seat....

[Miss Marple]

I will check in from time to time. I have a huge amount of yard work to do before rain moves in.

Darn, I wanted to be here non-stop. Duty calls, however.

[Quilla]

Thanks for the ping. Miss Marple's comment about yard work reminded me of this one:

[OXENinFLA]

Democrats Grill U.N. Nominee John Bolton

Undersecretary of State John R. Bolton faced tough questioning Monday....

I just love stories that tell the future!

[Quilla]

I saw that! For documentation purposes, here's the relevant snip:

Democrats Grill U.N. Nominee John Bolton

1 hour, 6 minutes ago White House - AP


By BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer

WASHINGTON - Undersecretary of State John R. Bolton faced tough questioning Monday from Senate Democrats on his nomination to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Republicans were looking for swift approval from the Foreign Relations Committee.

[OXENinFLA]

See the link at post #14.

[Carolinamom]

I've been waiting for this LIVE thread and for the Bolton hearing/grilling. I hope he gives as good as he gets.......it would help if Luger were a better Committee Chair. Guess we can see more of the dem meaness this morning. Biden et al never disappoint in that dept.

[BelegStrongbow]

Umm, it was what I was referring to when I posted, actually. And I've posted at Yahoo on that thread as well.

But thanks for noticing that I had noticed.

Cheers!

[OXENinFLA]

It'd be nice if the Law of the Sea Treaty get mentioned in a question today.

[Carolinamom]

While we're waiting, did you hear Sen. Chuck Schummer say on the Sunday shows yesterday that "51% is NOT a majority"?