White House Hints of Recess Appointment for Bolton

The Bush administration suggested yesterday that John Bolton could be appointed as U.N. ambassador during the upcoming U.S. congressional recess, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, July 13).

White House press secretary Scott McClellan said the president makes recess appointments when “he has to get people in place that have waited far too long to get about doing their business.” McClellan added that “sometimes there’s comes a point” when the Bush has to act, according to AP.

Congress is scheduled to begin its summer recess next week. A recess appointment would end no later than January 2007 (Associated Press/Yahoo!News, July 26).

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