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Former Ambassador to UN John Bolton of Maryland (R)
Potential 2012 Candidate for President of the United States
John Robert Bolton (born November 20, 1948) is an American lawyer and diplomat who has served in several Republican Presidential administrations. He
served as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from August 2005 until December 2006 on a recess appointment, resigning
when his appointment would have ended because he was unable to gain confirmation from the Senate. Bolton is currently a Senior Fellow
at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Fox News Channel commentator, and of counsel to the law firm Kirkland & Ellis, in their Washington DC
office. He is also involved with a broad assortment of other conservative think tanks and policy institutes, including the Jewish Institute for
National Security Affairs (JINSA), Project for the New American Century (PNAC), Institute of East-West Dynamics, National Rifle Association, US
Commission on International Religious Freedom, and Council for National Policy (CNP). Bolton is often described as a neoconservative, though he
personally rejects the term.
In August 2010, Bolton suggested that he may run for President in 2012 because legitimate issues of national security should be more at the center
of the national debate, saying, "I want to make sure that not only in the Republican Party, but in the body politic as a whole, people are aware of
threats that remain to the United States."
Sources: cbsnews.com, wikipedia.org
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