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You know, as somebody who writes op-eds and appears on the television, I appreciate as well as anybody that…there is a limit to what that accomplishes.

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John Bolton
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: November 20
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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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Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.
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My priority is to give the United States the kind of influence it should have.
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There's no such thing as the United Nations.
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The European arguments against the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act demonstrate that some Europeans have never lost faith in appeasement as a way of life. It is clear that Iran is cynically manipulating gullible (or equally cynical) Europeans to advance its development of weapons of mass destruction.
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Obama sees America as another country on the UN role call. Somewhere between Albania and Zimbabwe.
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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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Texas is a big state. It's a major force in the Republican Party.
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Our biggest national security crisis is Barack Obama.
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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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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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