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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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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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There is no excuse for waste, fraud, and abuse in the Defense Department budget.
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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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A strong State Department to me means a corps of career officials who believe that their job is to advocate America's interests and who are trained in effective advocacy, not schooled in accommodation.
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My philosophy is not a bean-counting, accounting 'look at this.' It is a philosophy that smaller government is better government, and government that is closer to the people is best of all.
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