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John Bolton's Nomination Battle
ResumeThe rhetoric got turned up a notch today with some of the fiercest words coming from Republican Senator George Voinovich who said "I really don't believe he is the best man we can send to the United Nations."
Unable to recommend Bolton's nomination or to vote him down, the committee has shifted the decision to the full Senate sending him up for a vote, without an endorsement.
Hear the latest developments on John Bolton's nomination vote and expert analysis.
Guests:
Bennett Roth, Washington correspondent for The Houston Chronicle
David Rothkopf, visting scholar for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Donald McHenry, professor of diplomacy at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, former U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1979 to 1981, and Deputy U.S. Representative from 1977 to 1979
John Harwood, political editor of The Wall Street Journal
Catherine Bertini, former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Management and former executive director of the United Nations World Food Program
David Albright, president of the Institute for Science and International Security, a group focused on nuclear security issues
This program aired on May 12, 2005.