US ex-diplomats slam Bolton nomination | csmonitor.com: "When US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's March 7 announcement that the blunt-spoken and controversial John Bolton would be the Bush administration's nominee for US ambassador to the UN, some supported the idea as a much-needed means of shaking up the status quo.
But far more have come out against the move.
Now, 59 former US diplomats have added their voices to the din by sending a letter urging the Senate to reject Mr. Bolton's nomination. The letter to Sen. Richard Lugar, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, states that Bolton 'is the wrong man for this position.' It also chides Bolton for his 'insistence that the UN is valuable only when it directly serves the United States.'"
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