John Bolton to be named Next Secretary of State-Rumor

Horndiplomat-Rumours:John Bolton to be named Secretary of State.

About John Bolton

John Robert Bolton (born November 20, 1948) is an American lawyer and diplomat who has served in several Republicanadministrations. Bolton served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from August 2005 until December 2006 as arecess appointee by President George W. Bush. He resigned in December 2006, when the recess appointment would have otherwise ended,because he was unlikely to win confirmation from the Senate which was then controlled by Democratic Party since January 2007.

Bolton is currently a senior fellow at theAmerican Enterprise Institute (AEI), senior advisor for Freedom Capital Investment Management, a Fox News Channelcommentator, and of counsel to the Washington, D.C. law firm Kirkland & Ellis.

He was a foreign policy adviser to 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

Bolton is also involved with a number of politically conservative think tanks and policy institutes, including the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), the Institute of East-West Dynamics, the National Rifle Association, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, the Council for National Policy (CNP) and the Gatestone Institute,where he serves as the organization Chairman.

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