Reappoint Bolton? Voinovich Says Yes!

Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio was one of U.S. U.N. Ambassador John Bolton’s biggest opponents during his failed nomination to the Senate last year. Voinovich has now publicly changed his position and is basically inviting the President to renominate Bolton for the rest of his term (Bolton’s recess appointment expires this fall). Here’s why:



For me or my colleagues in the Senate to now question a possible renomination would jeopardize our influence in the United Nations and encourage those who oppose the United States to make Bolton the issue, thereby undermining our policies and agenda.



Should the president send his renomination to the Senate, I will vote to confirm him, and I call on my Democratic colleagues to keep in mind the current situation in the Middle East and the rest of the world should the Senate have an opportunity to vote. I do not believe the United States, at this dangerous time, can afford to have a U.N. ambassador who does not have Congress’s full support.