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John Bolton
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: November 20
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I don't much believe in bumper sticker characterizations of foreign policy.
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I don't think Hamas will be satisfied simply ruling the Gaza Strip.
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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'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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The Republican Party is the party of national security. There's hardly a national security wing of the Democratic Party anymore. So if we turn away from it, that'll be a big problem.
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I'm not running around the world looking for ways to create hostilities.
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My priority is to give the United States the kind of influence it should have.
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Well, you could take several stories off the buildings of most U.S. government agencies and we'd all probably be better for it too.
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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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The only way to resolve the North Korean problem is to change the regime.
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