Well, that didn't go very well, did it? Go read Suzanne Nossel on Bolton's lack of leadership leading to the US losing control of the agenda at the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference, which wrapped up yesterday. Bolton didn't prepare for it because he was too busy lobbying for the past six months for a high level job in Bush II. A reader alerts me to a small irony:

Note that Bolton's successor as Undersecretary of State for Arms Control, Bob Joseph, was formally confirmed by the Senate [Thursday] night right before they went out -- on a unanimous confirmation motion. (Joseph's record itself is very troubling -- he was the senior NSC official who insisted on inserting the uranium text in the 2003 SOTU, but SFRC Dems were expending all of their ammo on Bolton and let him go.) Depending on when Joseph is formally sworn-in, Bolton may, for a short period of time, be out of a job.

With the White House still dragging its feet on providing requested documents to the Senate, and Thune and Voinovich planning to vote with Democrats against him June 7, it's still not over.

Posted by Laura at May 28, 2005 10:43 AM