Condi on possible Bolton recess appointment, Fox News Sunday: "We'll see"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

WALLACE: We only have a couple minutes left and so I'd like to do a lightning round with you, if I could, Secretary Rice: quick questions, quick answers.

It appears that Senate Democrats are going to keep holding up the nomination of John Bolton to be U.N. ambassador. You say that it's very important to get him on the job so that you can continue the reform movement at the U.N.

Why not make a recess appointment to get him there to the U.N. as the ambassador?

RICE: Well, we just want to see what's going to -- we'll see what happens this week. The Senate should vote up or down. And the administration has answered countless questions. John Bolton has answered countless questions. Senator Roberts has responded to the issue of what kinds of information John Bolton was seeking from intelligence sources. Let's get the vote done.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,159824,00.html

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. "We'll see it happen" is closer to the truth (nt)

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. I really don't think it matters who they put in there.

Can you even imagine that Bushco will appoint anyone who actually respects and wants to work with the UN?

BTW, who's there now? Danforth quit, didn't he? Maybe because he wasn't willing to be the one to tell them that we are pulling out of the UN?

[progressoid]

3. Here's a Reuters story saying its possible

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-06-20T161439Z_01_N20528366_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-BUSH-BOLTON-DC.XML