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John Bolton
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: November 20
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My priority is to give the United States the kind of influence it should have.
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It was right to overthrow Saddam Hussein. It was the regime itself that was a threat. I think in hindsight, what I would have done is turn authority back over to Iraqis much more quickly and say: Your country, you figure out how to run it.
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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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We estimate that once Iraq acquires fissile material - whether from a foreign source or by securing the materials to build an indigenous fissile material capability - it could fabricate a nuclear weapon within one year.
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As you know, I have over the years written critically about the U.N. I have consistently stressed in my writings that American leadership is critical to the success of the U.N., an effective U.N., one that is true to the original intent of its charter's framers.
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America needs an adult in the White House who knows how to deal with China.
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People say you favor assassination, what do you think war is? Except that it's assassination on a much larger scale, a much more horrific scale.
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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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I've been in the government bureaucracy, I've practiced law, I've done a lot of different things.
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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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I wouldn't give up on Russia. I think they have legitimate security concerns from Islamic fundamentalism, not only on their border but in their country.
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Maybe it's my libertarian philosophy: but being in government is hard.
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Let there be no ambiguity about the American view that Syria's lack of cooperation .. is not acceptable.
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I'm not running around the world looking for ways to create hostilities.
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Don't get me wrong: I would love to be president.
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Every country has an aspect to it that rubs up people the wrong way.
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Let me ask, who died and made him king? Who gave him the authority to endanger 300 million Americans? That's not the way it works, and if he thinks he can get away with that, he's got another think coming.
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I don't much believe in bumper sticker characterizations of foreign policy.
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There is no excuse for waste, fraud, and abuse in the Defense Department budget.
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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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