White House Reaching Out to Get Bolton Vote

A Democratic senator said the White House is reaching out in hopes of getting a confirmation vote on U.N. ambassador nominee John Bolton, the Associated Press reported yesterday (see GSN, June 8).

“The White House did make some proposals which didn’t really do it, but they’re reaching out a little bit,” said Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.). She did not provide details of the proposals.

Meanwhile, Democratic Senators Christopher Dodd (Conn.) and Joseph Biden (Del) have asked John Rockefeller (W.Va.), ranking minority member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, to help get more information on Bolton.

Dodd and Biden proposed that National Intelligence Director John Negroponte tell Rockefeller and Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (Kan.) if “names of concern” are contained in intelligence intercepts Bolton requested. Roberts and Rockefeller would then tell Democrats whether any of the names were contained in the communications (Associated Press/Baltimore Sun, June 9). 

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