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John Bolton
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: November 20
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The European Union can now act like a major power, at least that is what the European Union tells us.
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I'm a conservative Republican. I have been since I was 15 years old and participated in the 'Goldwater for President' campaign in 1964.
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I don't much believe in bumper sticker characterizations of foreign policy.
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Maybe it's my libertarian philosophy: but being in government is hard.
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Don't get me wrong: I would love to be president.
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If you get a President (Hillary) Clinton, you might well find, just as after Vietnam, that there is a retraction from Iraq and of American influence in the world. And in a couple of years the Europeans will be complaining about that too.
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Reform is not a one-night stand.
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There's no such thing as the United Nations.
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I don't think there is any good answer to the question why shouldn't gays and lesbians who want to serve their country be allowed to do it.
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Just like Sept. 11, only with nuclear weapons this time, that's the threat. I think that is the threat. I think it's just facing reality. It's not a happy reality, but it's reality and if you don't deal with it, it will become even more unpleasant.
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I've been surrounded by some of the best economic minds in the country, and hopefully I've absorbed some of that.
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There is no excuse for waste, fraud, and abuse in the Defense Department budget.
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My priority is to give the United States the kind of influence it should have.
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If Iran obtains nuclear weapons, then almost certainly Saudi Arabia will do the same, as will Egypt, Turkey and perhaps others in the region.
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I'm not sure history has ended.
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We need a strong and effective State Department. We can't conduct American affairs in the world without it.
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North Korea is going to get away with keeping its nuclear weapons.
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There's no doubt that Iran funds and supplies Hamas with weapons.
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Every country has an aspect to it that rubs up people the wrong way.
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Swapping Bergdahl for illegal enemy combatants (terrorists, in common parlance) signaled unmistakably to Taliban and al Qaeda that Obama is determined to withdraw from Afghanistan no matter what the cost to the United States or those in Afghanistan fighting to remain free.
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