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Howard Kaloogian
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:  Siobhan Guiney

April 10, 2005 (916) 441-6197 or (916) 290-7223

BOLTON HEARINGS REAX:

Bolton Opponents Find Support
for U.S. Interests Objectionable

(SACRAMENTO) – The Co-Chairmen of Move America Forward issued the following statement in response to the first few hours in the confirmation hearings for the nomination of John Bolton to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

Move America Forward (website: www.MoveAmericaForward.org) is running television ads supporting John Bolton’s nomination on several national television networks.  The pro-Bolton ads can be seen online at www.MoveAmericaForward.org

HOWARD KALOOGIAN, Co-Chair, Move America Forward:

“What we’ve seen today by Bolton opponents like Senator Barbara Boxer and Joseph Biden is a clear display of the Blame America First mentality that permeates the United Nations today.

“For some reason, certain Senators on the Foreign Relations Committee seem to take offense with the notion that John Bolton believes that it is more important to advance U.S. interests than the interests of an international organization whose masters are often some of the world’s most notorious dictators, despots and tyrants.

“John Bolton is a man of accomplishment who has never wavered in his commitment to defending America’s best interests.  As the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. he will speak truth to power.

“So far we’ve seen nothing but inexcusable grandstanding from those still bitter that their party lost in the last presidential election, and they keep clamoring for a different foreign policy than was endorsed by the American people.  The Senators who are attacking John Bolton seem to have forgotten that the candidate who advocated for a “global test” before the U.S. tookmade foreign policy decisions was defeated at the polls.  ”

MELANIE MORGAN, Co-Chair, Move America Forward:

“Thus far in the John Bolton hearings we have seen Senators more concerned with the interests of Kofi Annan, than what is best for the United States.  Shame on these Senators for attacking John Bolton for standing up for American values.

“The hostility and rudeness emanating from Senators Feingold and Boxer is disgraceful.  They have treated John Bolton as if he was someone who advocated anti-American policies and views.

“He has been an unwavering voice for pro-American policies and he has stood up to those who seek to blame America for all the world’s problems.

“The Senators who have ambushed John Bolton seem more in tune with Kofi Annan and the tyrants, despots and dictators who dominate the U.N. than President Bush and the interests of the American people.”

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