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To: LindyBill who wrote (110181)	4/19/2005 12:00:40 PM
From: JDN	Respond to of 793916

I agree with that comment. I also think IF they freeze the passage of bills our spending will go down, our deficit will go down AND Bush gets ALL THE CREDIT. haha. Dont ya just love it? jdn

To: LindyBill who wrote (110181)	4/19/2005 12:38:41 PM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793916

funny how on chris matthews show sunday he reported that almost all the reporters (he has vote for him on issue questions)voted no support in senate for nuclear option. then his guests went on to say even a lot of republicans will not support voting the nuke option. i was surprised. are these reporters that far out of touch or is this reporter out of touch?

To: LindyBill who wrote (110181)	4/19/2005 3:27:36 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793916

Bush Reiterates Support for U.N. Nominee Bush Reiterates Support for Embattled U.N. Nominee Bolton Ahead of Committee's Vote [By being against Bolton, are the Dems saying they think the UN is operating just "fine and doing a good job"???] abcnews.go.com By ANNE GEARAN The Associated Press Apr. 19, 2005 - President Bush has no second thoughts about John R. Bolton as his choice to be United Nations ambassador, the White House said Tuesday, despite critics' complaints about Bolton's treatment of subordinates and dismissive comments on the U.N. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee was expected to vote Tuesday on the nomination of Bolton, a sharp-tongued conservative known for using brusque language to describe the U.N. and individual nations. The meeting came amid complaints from Democrats that they did not have enough time to investigate the latest in a string of allegations against Bolton. Democrats on the panel had repeatedly asked for delays in the vote. A spokesman for committee chairman Richard Lugar, R-Ind., said Lugar saw no reason to delay the vote. "I do not think the concerns raised about Secretary Bolton warrant our rejection of the president's selection for his own representative to the U.N.," Lugar said in a statement prepared for Tuesday's session. White House press secretary Scott McClellan said there was no need for delay. Asked if Bush had any reservations about Bolton's fitness for the post, McClellan replied: "Absolutely not." Bolton has addressed all questions about his record and behavior by testifying before the committee and offering additional answers to the panel in writing, McClellan said. Democrats hoped to defeat Bolton but were outnumbered 10-8 on the committee. Most of the eight Democrats had said they planned to vote against Bolton. Two of the 10 Republicans Sens. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island and Chuck Hagel of Nebraska had said they expected to vote for him despite reservations. At least one Democratic senator, Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn., said he would ask for a closed session so the committee could hear from intelligence officials about information Bolton requested relating to National Security Agency communications. According to a spokesman for Dodd, Bolton asked for and received the identities of 10 U.S. officials involved in such secret NSA interceptions during the past four years. Democrats also wanted more information about Bolton's dealings with a female employee during his time at the Justice Department in the late 1980s. The two clashed over the woman's request for extended maternity leave. Bolton is a harsh critic of the United Nations bureaucracy and thus a provocative choice to be Washington's representative to the world body. Most of the allegations that have accompanied his nomination, however, concern his personal dealings and judgment. The allegations attempted to paint Bolton as an imperious hothead who dressed down junior bureaucrats and withheld information from his superiors in his current job as the State Department's arms control chief. There were repeated questions by senators at his confirmation hearing last week concerning what Bolton may have done to punish or pressure underlings who crossed him. A senior colleague called him a "serial abuser." Bolton denied he did anything improper, but said he had "lost confidence" in two intelligence analysts who disagreed with him. Bolton, 56, has served four years as arms control chief at the State Department, but he is not a diplomat by training. He was an assistant attorney general in the Justice Department under Bush's father, President George H.W. Bush, and held other government jobs during the Reagan administration. A Yale Law School graduate, Bolton has been a lawyer in private practice and an academic. He is considered one of Bush's most conservative advisers on foreign policy, and one of the most caustic. He has said, for example, that the loss of 10 stories from the United Nations headquarters building in New York would make no difference. When the State Department was trying to move toward accommodation with North Korea over its nuclear program two years ago, Bolton called the country's leader, Kim Jong Il, a "tyrannical dictator." Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved