John R. Bolton

John Robert Bolton, (born November 20, 1948, in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American political figure and diplomat. He is the current U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

Biography

Bolton was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and raised as Lutheran. He attended McDonogh School in Owings Mills, Maryland, graduating in 1966. Bolton then attended Yale University, from where he received a B.A. in 1970 and a J.D. in 1974. Bolton was a supporter of the Vietnam War, enlisting in the National Guard (and wearing his uniform in a 1970 Yale guide book picture http://www.amcneil.com/OC70/pages/Blum.htm). Bolton did not serve in Vietnam, writing in his Yale 25th reunion book "I confess I had no desire to die in a Southeast Asian rice paddy. I considered the war in Vietnam already lost," http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=29455but at his graduation in 1970, while other "student speakers compared the United States to pre-Nazi Germany" Bolton "sounded a contrarian theme." http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/01/politics/01bolton.html

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Baltimore - Maryland - Lutheran - McDonogh School - Owings Mills, Maryland - Yale University - B.A. - 1970 - J.D. - 1974 - Vietnam War - National Guard

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From 1983 to 1985, Bolton was an associate at the Washington office of Covington & Burling (he returned to the firm again from 1993 to 1999). Bolton was also a partner in the law firm of Lerner, Reed, Bolton & McManus. http://www.results.gov/leadership/bio_44.htmlhttp://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/2976.htm

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Washington - 1993 - 1999

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Between 1997 and 2000, Bolton served pro bono as an assistant to James Baker in Baker's capacity as Kofi Annan's personal envoy to the Western Sahara http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2005/43062.htm. Before joining the George W. Bush administration, John Bolton was Senior Vice President for Public Policy Research at the American Enterprise Institute.

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Pro bono - James Baker - Kofi Annan - Western Sahara - George W. Bush - American Enterprise Institute

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During the Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations, he served in several positions within the State Department, the Justice Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). He is the former executive director of the Committee on Resolutions in the Republican National Committee.http://www.results.gov/leadership/bio_44.html

Related Topics:
Reagan - George H. W. Bush - State Department - Justice Department - USAID - Republican National Committee

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Bolton served as

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• Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs at the Department of State (1989–1993);
• Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice (1985–1989);
• Assistant Administrator for Program and Policy Coordination, USAID (1982–1983); and
• General Counsel, USAID (1981–1982).http://www.results.gov/leadership/bio_44.htmlhttp://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/2976.htm

He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (2001), http://www.channel4.com/news/2003/special_reports/pnacletter.html and was a member of the Council on National Policy in 1988.http://www.results.gov/leadership/bio_44.htmlhttp://www.seekgod.ca/cnp.b.htm#bolton

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Council on Foreign Relations - Council on National Policy - 1988

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Under the administrations of G.W. Bush, Bolton has been the Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security (since 11 May 2001) and nominated as US Ambassador to the UN (7 March 2005).

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Bolton has been a prominent participant in many neoconservative lobbying groups such as the Project for the New American Century (PNAC), the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), and the Committee for Peace and Security in the Gulf (CPSG).

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Neoconservative - Project for the New American Century - American Enterprise Institute - JINSA - Committee for Peace and Security in the Gulf

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