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To: PROLIFE who wrote (11432)	9/7/2006 8:24:40 PM
From: Richnorth	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14758

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To: PROLIFE who wrote (11432)	9/7/2006 11:12:07 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14758

johnny, we hardly know ya, lol "Senate panel scrubs vote on Bolton as U.N. envoy Thu Sep 7, 2006 5:14 PM ET By Vicki Allen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee scrubbed its planned vote on Thursday on whether to retain President George W. Bush's U.N. envoy, as a Republican demanded answers on the administration's Middle East policies before giving John Bolton his support. Rhode Island Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee, who is locked in a tough re-election bid, wrote Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice saying he hoped "answers will be forthcoming about our policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and that the committee can reconvene to debate" Bolton's confirmation. Chafee, the only Republican who has not said he would support Bolton as U.N. ambassador, urged "a more balanced approach" in the Middle East. Chafee is a moderate Republican in a Democratic state and faces a primary election next week with a conservative opponent. Given Democratic opposition to Bolton's nomination, all Republicans on the Foreign Relations Committee would have to back him in order to send his name to the Senate with a full endorsement. Committee Chairman Richard Lugar said the committee would meet again on Bolton, who has served as U.N. envoy the last year under a presidential appointment, but did not say when. "I'm not going to make any comments on time. It's going to require a lot of consultation with members on both sides of the aisle," the Indiana Republican said. Democratic Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, a fierce opponent of Bolton, said, "I think the nomination is in deep trouble again, as it should be." The State Department said it expected the committee would clear Bolton as early as next week. "We are in close contact with the Senate and we're confident that John is going to be given a fair chance to get a vote, up-or-down vote, on the floor of the Senate," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said. Chafee voiced reservations on Bolton last year, but ended up sticking with committee Republicans. During the most recent confirmation hearing in July, Chafee pressed Bolton on the administration's Middle East policies. The U.N. ambassador's post is not considered a policy-making job, but one that carries out the directions of the president. OPPOSED BY DEMOCRATS Bolton is championed by foreign policy conservatives, but Democrats contend Bolton bullied intelligence analysts to conform to his hawkish views in his last job as top U.S. arms control negotiator. They also say his harsh criticism of the United Nations make him unsuitable for the job. After Senate Democrats blocked a floor vote on Bolton's nomination last year, Bush bypassed the Senate and appointed him during a congressional recess. That appointment expires in January and the White House wants him confirmed for the rest of Bush's term, which ends in January 2009. Lugar said the Senate had adequate time to act on Bolton this year. While Congress will break in early October for the November congressional elections, a lame-duck session after the election is all but certain. Dodd said he intended to try to block a full Senate vote on Bolton if the nomination did come out of the committee. "I'm stunned that we're even considering this," Dodd said, noting a number of retired U.S. diplomats and sitting ambassadors at the United Nations had voiced opposition. Ohio Republican Sen. George Voinovich -- who bucked the White House last year and was key in derailing Bolton's confirmation -- reversed his position in July, which Republicans had hoped would clear the way to confirm him.