Reply #26: Dean: Bush Must Not Use Recess Appointment for Bolton

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Press Release

Bolton Stonewalling Raises Even More Questions Dean: Bush Must Not Use Recess Appointment for Bolton

Washington, DC - A State Department spokesman yesterday confirmed that President Bush's nominee to be United Nations ambassador, former Undersecretary of State John Bolton, failed to disclose in his Senate questionnaire that he has been questioned by investigators examining faulty prewar intelligence.

The State Department inspector general is conducting an internal probe with the CIA as to how false intelligence about Iraq's alleged attempt to secure uranium from Africa was used in the decision to invade Iraq more than two years ago.

In addition, Bolton has refused to reveal whether he testified before a grad jury swirling questions about his handling of a State Department memo that is believed by federal prosecutors to be a key source of information for individuals who improperly, and possibly illegally, disclosed the identity of undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said Bolton should not be appointed to the United Nations post until questions surrounding his involvement in these investigations have been answered:

"Failing to reveal his involvement in an ongoing State Department-CIA investigation in his Senate questionnaire, raises very serious questions about John Bolton's credibility. John Bolton and the Bush Administration must stop stonewalling and come clean about Bolton's role in these two investigations that have cast a dark cloud of corruption over the White House. To preserve any remaining confidence in the integrity of Bush's foreign policy team, Bush must not use a recess appointment to install Bolton at the United Nations."

http://dnc.org/a/2005/07/bolton_stonewal.php

"To preserve any remaining confidence in the integrity of Bush's ...." - Mr Dean, as I'm sure you realize, 'integrity' and 'Bush' are mutually exclusive.


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