Bolton Appointment "A Devious Maneuver" - Kennedy

Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) was infuriated by the way King George bypassed the Senate and used a recess appointment to appointment John Bolton as Ambassador to the UN. Said Kennedy: called it a "devious maneuver" that only "further darkens the cloud over Mr. Bolton's credibility." "The abuse of power and the cloak of secrecy from the White House continues," Kennedy said. "It's bad enough that the administration stonewalled the Senate by refusing to disclose documents highly relevant to the Bolton nomination. It's even worse for the administration to abuse the recess appointment power by making the appointment while Congress is in this five-week recess." Now if the following from the Washington Post doesn't convince you that this is what King George intended to do all along I don't know what will: Two months ago, while his confirmation was in trouble, Bolton began efforts to double the office space reserved within the State Department for the ambassador to the United Nations, according to three senior department officials who were involved in handling the request. Previous ambassadors have kept a small staff in Washington in a modest suite. Bolton told several colleagues he needed more space and a larger staff in Washington because, if confirmed, he intended to spend more time here than his predecessors did. "Bolton isn't going to sit in New York while policy gets made in Washington," the administration source said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the source lacked authorization to discuss this on the record. It also shows you just what kind of attention he is going to spend dealing with the UN, if he is increasing his office space and staff in Washington. Of course since he is one of Bush's boys and obviously just as arrogant he will probably insist that the UN move to Washington to accomodate him. MORE