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    Key Senators Dismiss New Bush Bid for Bolton

    Rhode Island ’s defeated Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee will help block President Bush’s request to confirm John Bolton as Ambassador to the UN. Chafee says, “At this late stage in my term, I’m not going to endorse something the American people have spoken out against.”

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Rhode Island’s defeated Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee will help block President Bush’s request to confirm John Bolton as Ambassador to the UN. Chafee says, “At this late stage in my term, I’m not going to endorse something the American people have spoken out against.”

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    1 of 3
    Global Warming
    1. 0:00Key Senators Dismiss New Bush Bid for BoltonYou’re reading this
    2. 0:00Global Warming Conference, UK Report and US Politics in a Democratic Congress
    3. 0:00Earl Warren, a Model for Bipartisanship
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