Politics - U. S. Congress
GOP Lawmaker May Vote Against U.N. Nominee
April 17, 2005 Politics - U. S. Congress
By SIOBHAN McDONOUGH, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - A top Senate Republican raised the possibility Sunday that he might vote against President Bush's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations if more accusations surface about John Bolton's alleged harassment of analysts who disagreed with his views
With a Senate Foreign Relations Committee vote expected Tuesday, Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska was asked whether he would endorse Bolton.
"At this point, I will ... but I have been troubled with more and more allegations, revelations, coming about his style, his method of operation," said Hagel, the committee's No. 2 Republican.
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Hagel said he was disturbed to learn of allegations that Bolton tried to intimidate an analyst — a State Department employee — who is now a temporary staffer in the senator's office.
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Hagel deemed the allegations "a disturbing pattern of things that have come out about Bolton's management style, this intimidation. We cannot have that at the United Nations. That should not be anywhere in our government."
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