Mukasey refuses probe of Bush aides
By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer 8 minutes ago
Attorney General Michael Mukasey refused Friday to refer the House’s contempt citations against two of President Bush’s top aides to a federal grand jury. Mukasey said White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former presidential counsel Harriet Miers committed no crime.
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February 5, 2008
McConnell calls Bolton op-ed a ‘gross misrepresentation’Former UN Ambassador John Bolton penned an op-ed in today’s WSJ claiming that the key judgments in the latest Iran NIE were “distorted,” written by “policy enthusiasts,” and put the “intelligence community’s credibility and impartiality on the line.” Today during a Senate threat assessment hearing, Sen. […]
Bolton On Global Warming Conference: ‘If Anyone’s Isolated Here, It’s Al Gore’
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Recently, former Vice President Al Gore — to “rapturous” applause — slammed the Bush administration for being “principally responsible for obstructing progress in Bali” by opposing mandatory greenhouse gas caps.
Yesterday on Fox News, former U.N. ambassador John Bolton criticized Gore, claiming that he is […]
Specter blocks contempt vote.
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Following an objection by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), a vote has been postponed on “contempt resolutions against White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former presidential political guru Karl Rove for failing to respond to subpoenas” regarding the U.S. attorney scandal. Specter, who asked Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) for a […]
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Bolton Calls For Congressional Witch-Hunt Into Anti-Bush ‘People In The Intelligence Community’
Yesterday’s National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) concluded that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003, pouring cold water on neoconservative calls for bombing Iran. Like his ideological kin Norman Podhoretz, former U.N. ambassador and Iran war hawk John Bolton has been attempting […]
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January 5, 2007
F.B.I. Lent Help on 2 Occasions to Nomination of Rehnquist
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (AP) — The F.B.I.’s file on former Chief Justice […]
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August 17, 2006
John Bolton and Judy Miller Breakfast at the Waldorf… As His Confirmation Battle Looms
At 7:30 this morning, John Bolton was having breakfast at Oscar’s at the Waldorf with Judy Miller. I wonder whether his upcoming confirmation battle was on the menu. Here’s a reminder of what is at stake in this fight: […]
“UN Council “strongly deplores” deaths in Lebanon
31 Jul 2006 01:15:44 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Evelyn Leopold and Irwin Arieff
UNITED NATIONS, July 30 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Sunday unanimously adopted a statement deploring Israel’s deadly attack on the southern Lebanese village of Qana but rejected U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s call for an immediate truce.”
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“John Bolton testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington July 27, 2006.
Revoltin’ Bolton
Returned to face the Senate that failed to confirm him the first time, U.N. ambassador John Bolton could barely contain his contempt.
By Michael Scherer
Jul. 28, 2006 | After a year as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton […]