According to Reuters:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Bush will bypass the Senate and appoint John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Monday morning, a senior administration official said.

The move, expected in a White House ceremony, would come over the protests of Senate Democrats who complained that the blunt, combative Bolton lacked credibility.

According to CNN, Bolton’s appointment will be announced at 10 am ET this morning.
Chris Dodd spoke about the impending appointment on Sunday and echoed what his opponents have been saying for months:

Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, a top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called Bolton on Sunday “damaged goods.”

“This would be the first U.N. ambassador since 1948 we’ve ever sent there under a recess appointment. That’s not what you want to send up, a person that doesn’t have the confidence of the Congress,” Dodd told “Fox News Sunday.”

Bolton will hold the position until January, 2007 – just enough time for Bolton to cause major chaos, as is his pattern, in his efforts to “reform” the UN. Stay tuned for some hard line statements by Bolton as he attempts to further the agenda on the neocons. He will not sit quietly.

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