Posted on 06/20/2005 2:00:02 PM PDT by churchillbuff
... In March, after Bush met with the leaders of France and Germany, Rice announced that the United States would support the European bid to offer Iran incentives such as the right to apply for World Trade Organization membership and to buy badly needed airplane parts in exchange for stopping any weapons program.
"When a draft of the announcement was circulated through the interagency process," one U.S. official said, "Bolton's office wasn't on the list" of people asked to approve the wording.
Bolton's departure also ultimately spelled the end of the administration's campaign against Mohamed ElBaradei, the IAEA director general leading nuclear inspections in Iran. Administration officials said the effort was primarily driven by Bolton despite significant internal disagreement about investing time and energy in the effort.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
...Who [Mohamed ElBaradei] had decided to involve himself in our last Presidential election.
Seting the stage for why Bolton is unfit for the United Nations and should not be allowed a vote in the Senate.
hmm.. sounds like maybe we should have kept bolten at the state department...
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