John Bolton

John Bolton

President Bush announced his decision to appoint John Bolton to be the U.S ambassador to the U.N. We'll talk about some of the political implications of this controversial recess appointment.

President Bush announced his decision to appoint John Bolton to be the U.S ambassador to the U.N. We'll talk about some of the political implications of this controversial recess appointment.

Guests

Ambassador Ivo Daalder

U.S. Ambassador to NATO, former senior fellow in foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution, former director for European Affairs for the National Security Council, and author of "Beyond Preemption: Force and Legitimacy in a Changed World".

Tod Lindberg

Editor of "Policy Review;" research fellow at the Hoover Institution; author, "The Political Teachings of Jesus."

Norman Ornstein

is resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute; coauthor with Thomas Mann of "The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track."

Sen. George Mitchell

former Democratic Senate majority leader and co-chair of the U.S. Institute of Peace U.N. Task Force with former House Speaker and Republican Congressman Newt Gingrich

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