Boltin’

National Review Online

John Bolton’s tenure as America’s U.N. ambassador was, by any measure, a remarkably successful one. But a group of senators implacably opposed to Bush’s foreign policy has spent the past year refusing to assess his work fairly, and has finally succeeded in ensuring that he will never be confirmed in his post. So with his recess appointment set to expire along with the 109th Congress, the ambassador departs — and we are the worse for it.