RUMOR. John Bolton Will Not Get Any Position At the State Department

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RUMOR. John Bolton Will Not Get Any Position At the State Department

Posted at 10:49 am on December 11, 2016 by streiff

Ever since the election John Bolton’s name has been kicked around for some position at the State Department. This would have been even more of a f***-y** than nominated Scott Pruitt to EPA. If you recall, Bolton was vigorously opposed when Bush nominated him to be UN Ambassador because he was accused of being mean to people. I am really not making that up. The Democrats filibustered him and Bush ended up giving him a recess appointment that eventually lapsed due to lack of GOP support in Congress and to losing the control of the Senate in 2006.

He’s been rumored to be in the running for Secretary of State but the costs of wiping exploded heads off the walls in Foggy Bottom would have bankrupted the government. Then Nikki Haley got the nod to be Ambassador to the United Nations. Apparently the same exploding heads problem surfaced there.

The latest rumor was that he was to be the Deputy Secretary. This would have been awesome as it is the deputy who runs day-to-date State activities and controls policy within the agency. He would also be the direct supervisor of Clinton toady, Undersecretary for Management Patrick Kennedy. Kennedy is the guy who repeated foisted on the public the lie, the “fake news” if you will, that the classified information on Clinton’s private email server was classified “after the fact” and that it was all a function of other agencies disagreeing with State’s classification. He has also obstructed all the investigations into Clinton’s email server.

Donald Trump is expected to nominate ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his secretary of state, two sources close to the transition process told NBC News on Saturday.

The 64-year-old veteran oil executive has no government or diplomatic experience, although he has ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The pick would put to rest weeks-long speculation of who would earn the post as the U.S.’s top diplomat, and would place Tillerson fourth in line to the presidency.

He will also be paired with former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton as his deputy secretary of state, one of the sources added, with Bolton handling day-to-day management of the department.

Well, maybe not.

Bill Kristol
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I'm reliably told Bolton has not been offered the Deputy Secretary of State job.

3:11 PM - 10 Dec 2016

<..snip..> (Rand Paul's Rant Out)

http://www.redstate.com/streiff/2016/12/11/rumor.-john-bolton-will-get-position-state-department/