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Bolton Said Open to Recess U.N. Appointment
Embattled U.N. ambassador nominee John Bolton would accept a presidential recess appointment that would last until the end of 2006, the Washington Post reported today (see GSN, June 24). A Bush administration source said Bolton is prepared to accept the recess appointment next month if the White House and U.S. Senate Democrats do not find a compromise on the nomination. The White House and Senate Democrats have made no headway toward resolving their standoff over the release of documents relating to Bolton’s work at the U.S. State Department. “He’ll take the recess” appointment, said the source. President George W. Bush “has made his selection, and the president is asking the Senate to confirm the selection, and if the Senate refuses to do that, then most assuredly [Bush] will make a recess appointment.” The monthlong congressional recess begins July 30. Some Senate Republicans, however, warn that a recess appointment would weaken Bolton’s influence and effectiveness within the U.N. General Assembly, according to the Post. Bolton, the former undersecretary of state for arms control, has spent the last four months preparing for the United Nations. In May, as his confirmation ran into problems, he started efforts to double the State Department office space reserved for the U.N. ambassador in order to accommodate a larger staff in Washington, according to State Department officials. “Bolton isn't going to sit in New York while policy gets made in Washington,” said the administration source. Other colleagues said the request was inappropriate because Bolton had not yet been confirmed (Babington/Linzer, Washington Post, July 13).
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