Politics

Bolton Faces Scrutiny at Confirmation Hearings

By Madeleine Brand,

Published April 10, 2005 at 10:00 PM MDT

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met on Monday to debate President Bush's nomination of John Bolton as the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Bolton has drawn attention and international criticism for his outspoken views on the effectiveness and impact of the U.N. NPR's Madeleine Brand talks with NPR's Ron Elving about the hearings.

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Madeleine Brand

Madeleine Brand is the host of NPRs newest and fastest-growing daily show, Day to Day. She conducts interviews with newsmakers (Iraqi politicians, US senators), entertainment figures (Bernardo Bertolluci, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Gervais), and the everyday people affected by the news (an autoworker laid off at GM, a mother whose son was killed in Iraq).

Ron Elving

Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News, where he is frequently heard as a news analyst and writes regularly for NPR.org.

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