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 Re: إقالة المسعور جون بولتون الرجل الكريه من منصبه لممثل لامريكا فى مجلس الامن (Re: altahir_2)
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Mr Bolton's nomination was due to be reviewed by the end of the year
Last Updated: Friday, 10 November 2006, 11:37 GMT
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US envoy to UN 'set to lose job'
The US envoy to the UN, John Bolton, looks set to lose his job after the Democrats' victory in mid-term polls.
Mr Bolton was appointed to the post during a Congressional recess after his nomination stalled in the Senate.
The White House wants Mr Bolton to stay at the UN, but the chances are slim of him being backed by the Senate.
He would become the second high-profile member of President George Bush's team to leave after the polls, following Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
Mr Bolton's appointment in August 2005 was a procedural manoeuvre which avoided the need for him to be confirmed until the end of this year.
That procedure cannot be repeated, and the new climate in Congress appears to rule out winning a two-thirds majority of senators.
President Bush has formally asked for Mr Bolton to be confirmed during the final session of the outgoing Senate.
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But the senators who opposed Mr Bolton last time, including one Republican, are refusing to change their minds.
I see no point in considering Mr Bolton's nomination again
Sen Joseph Biden
Foreign Relations Committee
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Lincoln Chaffee, who was defeated by his Democrat rival in Rhode Island this week, said it would be illogical to change his stance at the last minute.
"The American people have spoken out against the president's agenda on a number of fronts, and presumably one of those fronts is on foreign policy," Mr Chaffee said.
"And at this late stage in my term, I'm not going to endorse something the American people have spoken out against."
At the state department, a spokesman defended Mr Bolton, describing his work at the UN as "extraordinarily effective".
"Now is not the time to have a gap in your UN ambassador," Sean McCormack said, referring to the current impasse over North Korea's nuclear test and other issues.
But with the Democrats due to take over in January, the door has slammed shut, says the BBC's Justin Webb in Washington.
"I see no point in considering Mr Bolton's nomination again in the Foreign Relations Committee because regardless of what happens there, he is unlikely to be considered by the full Senate," said Joseph Biden, senior Democrat on that committee.
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