Bush, 4/21/05, via McClellan: Bolton, "the right person at the right time"

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Press Briefing by Scott McClellan
April 21, 2005

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/04/20050421-3.html

Q In view of the Republican opposition to Bolton, is the President going to withdraw his nomination?

MR. McCLELLAN: No, the President, as he said earlier today, believes that John Bolton is the right person at the right time for this important position. There are many important priorities before the United Nations right now. And they are working to move forward on reforms, as well. John Bolton is someone who is committed, like the President, to making sure that the United Nations is an effective organization that gets things done. And John Bolton has a long, distinguished career of getting things done. He is someone who has been through the confirmation process before and been confirmed.

Q You don't think his nomination is in peril, at all?

MR. McCLELLAN: The President believes he will be confirmed and he hopes that he will be confirmed as soon as possible. It is time for Senate Democrats to stop playing politics, and it is time for the Senate to confirm John Bolton so that he can get about doing the work of the United States at the United Nations.

Q You said the President was 100 percent in his backing of Bolton today. Can we infer from that, that the President simply doesn't believe these allegations that have been made about Bolton, including the one from this woman who was an associate of Bolton? She claims he chased her around the hotel, was verbally abusive to her. Does the President simply not believe the allegations that are out there, or does he feel that whether they're true or not, it's so important to have Bolton at the U.N. that just -- he should be confirmed?

MR. McCLELLAN: These are unsubstantiated accusations that Senate Democrats continue to bring up. They have been addressed by John Bolton in testimony before the Senate. He has testified for more than eight hours, including on issues of this nature. He has responded to a number of written questions that were in follow-up to that hearing, as well. It is time to move forward on his nomination, and the President wanted to make it clear today that the Senate needs to quit playing politics, and they need to move forward and confirm this person.

Q And the President simply does not believe the allegations.

MR. McCLELLAN: John, these are unsubstantiated accusations against John Bolton. John Bolton is a strong, effective diplomat who has a proven record of getting things done. If you look at his record, he has worked to help us move forward with Russia to agree to the Moscow Treaty, which will help us reduce our nuclear arsenal. He has worked on the efforts as the negotiator with Libya to get Libya to abandon its weapons of mass destruction program.

John Bolton is someone who has a long record of getting things done, and sometimes that's going to make people mad when you are someone who gets things done. But the President believes he's exactly the person we need at the United Nations. He has been an effective manager who has earned respect from many people that he has worked with.

[liberal N proud]

1. John Bolton is the right person at the right time for bu$h's agenda

Bolton is what bu$h needs to have in place to help with the world denomination that the regime is really striving for.

[Vickers]

2. When will those damn politicians quit playing politics?????

:eyes:

Jesus, can't he at least find a sexual harrasser who doesn't look so goddam STUPID???