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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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John Bolton
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: November 20
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John Robert Bolton
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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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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 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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North Korea is going to get away with keeping its nuclear weapons.
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I don't think Hamas will be satisfied simply ruling the Gaza Strip.
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I don't think I would have to run a campaign that's financed like General Motors.
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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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Our biggest national security crisis is Barack Obama.
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Every country has an aspect to it that rubs up people the wrong way.
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There's no doubt that Iran funds and supplies Hamas with weapons.
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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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There is no excuse for waste, fraud, and abuse in the Defense Department budget.
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The only way to resolve the North Korean problem is to change the regime.
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Everybody pursues their national interests. The only one who gets blamed for it is the United States.
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People don't like to talk about victory and defeat anymore.
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I'm not running around the world looking for ways to create hostilities.
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America needs an adult in the White House who knows how to deal with China.
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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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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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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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