John Bolton
John Bolton
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth20 November 1948
CountryUnited States of America
area arms clear question sanctions terms whether
Sanctions were put in before, it's not clear they're being adhered to, ... The question (is) whether we should do something else in that area in terms of arms into the country.
agreed clear target
We made it clear that was not something we agreed to for a target for ourselves,
clear few fine support
What we see is unanimous support for a very strong, very clear signal, and we're just down now to a very few fine points,
absolutely clearance entirely essential field government irritating loyal national people positions procedures sensitive subject sure united work
I've been subject to how many security clearance procedures and I must say as irritating as some people may find them I think they are absolutely essential to making sure that people who work in sensitive positions in the national security field in our government are entirely loyal to the United States.
clear diplomatic options peaceful preference president problems solve taking
Our preference is to solve these problems by peaceful and diplomatic means, but the President has also been very clear that we're not taking any options off the table,
clearly discussion further initial require results troubling
After an initial read, the results are clearly troubling and will require further discussion with the international community.
among clear legs understanding
I think that, especially among conservatives, there's a clear understanding that there are three legs to the conservative stool. There are the free-market economics conservatives, the social conservatives, and the national-security conservatives.
address challenges expansion large peace quickly risk unable
Too large an expansion would risk making it (the council) unable to quickly address challenges to international peace and security.
support work
We will work to get the broadest support we can,
acted council felt including kingdom security send united waiting
We felt that if the Security Council acted without waiting for the AU, it would send the AU a signal. But no other country, including the United Kingdom and France, was with us on that. We think that's too bad.
meets secretary standards
We don't think it meets the standards set by the secretary general.
certainly continued full push resolution
We certainly see a resolution that continued to push for full implementation of 1559,
among certainly five hoping move permanent prepared unanimity
We certainly are hoping for unanimity among the five permanent members. But unanimity or not, we are prepared to move forward.
draft last produced
We are very disappointed with the draft that was produced last Thursday. We don't think it's acceptable.