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Recess appointments are by no means rare but it was believed to be the first time such an appointment had been made for the job of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy called it an abuse of power.
"It's a devious maneuver that evades the constitutional requirement of Senate consent and only further darkens the cloud over Mr. Bolton's credibility at the U.N.," he said.
Bush sidestepped the Senate confirmation process after it became clear he would not be able to overcome Democrats who held up the nomination of the outspoken conservative on charges he tried to manipulate intelligence and intimidated intelligence analysts to support his hawkish views as the top State Department diplomat for arms control.
And, now the W is actually saying the UN is vital and important?! But when pushing our troops into battle indicated their support was not necessary to start the Iraq war, not to mention the derogatory and verbal lambasting his administration and party has delivered against the UN thus far? Hypocrites.
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Both Bush I & Bush II always demonstrated such utter contempt the UN. Appointing someone who despises the UN as our ambassador to the UN is such a blatant statement against the UN, and against us. He would not have had to do a recess appointment if it weren't for the fact that nobidy but the neocons want Bolton in there.
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