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John Bolton
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: November 20
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John Robert Bolton
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I'm not running around the world looking for ways to create hostilities.
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I don't much believe in bumper sticker characterizations of foreign policy.
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There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. That's not the call of patriotism.
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Texas is a big state. It's a major force in the Republican Party.
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