Press conference shows strong U.N.-Bolton support

Tomorrow, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is expected to vote on President Bush’s nomination of John Bolton to become the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. On the eve of that historic event, the Center for Security Policy and the Wilberforce Forum this morning co-sponsored a Capitol Hill press conference that forcefully urged Mr. Bolton’s confirmation.

The participants collectively represent millions of Americans who support the Bush policy of promoting international peace through the effective marshalling and use of American strength — and who appreciate that John Bolton is one of the President’s most effective advocates for, and implementers of, that policy. They argued that the opposition to Mr. Bolton stems from policy disagreements, specifically over the degree to which the United States must submit to the United Nations on matters of vital importance to its security, not the ostensible objections (i.e., disputed or unconfirmed claims about the nominee’s temperament, comportment and treatment of those with whom he disagrees).

Among the speakers supporting the Bolton nomination were: Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ), chairman of the Republican Policy Committee; Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., President of the Center for Security Policy; Mariam Bell, Director of the Wilberforce Forum, a project of the Prison Fellowship; Paul Weyrich, President of the Free Congress Foundation, David Keene, Chairman of the American Conservative Union; Gary Bauer, President of American Values; Amb. Otto Reich, former U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela and Assistant Secretary of State for Hemispheric Affairs; and Wendy Wright, Senior Policy Director of Concerned Women of America.

The press conference also featured the tv ad below, produced by the Center for Security Policy.