Bolton "doesn't remember" being interviewed

[professorpan]

I remember when Reagan was on the stand for Iran Contra, and he must have said "I don't recall" fifty times when asked questions about his involvement. He even winked at the camera!<br><br>Funny how liars have such short memories!<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/28/cia.bolton.ap/index.html">www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS...index.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>John Bolton, President Bush's nominee for U.N. ambassador, mistakenly told Congress he had not been interviewed or testified in any investigation over the past five years, the State Department said Thursday.<br><br>Bolton was interviewed by the State Department inspector general as part of a joint investigation with the CIA into prewar Iraqi attempts to buy nuclear materials from Niger, State Department spokesman Noel Clay said.<br><br>The admission came hours after another State Department official said Bolton had correctly answered a Senate questionnaire when he wrote that he had not testified to a grand jury or been interviewed by investigators in any inquiry over the past five years.<br><br>The reversal followed persistent Democratic attempts to question Bolton's veracity just days before President Bush may use a recess appointment to make him United Nations ambassador. (Full story)<br><br>For months, Democrats have prevented the Senate from confirming the fiery conservative to the post.<br><br>"It seems unusual that Mr. Bolton would not remember his involvement in such a serious matter," said Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware, the senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.<br><br>"In my mind, this raises more questions that need to be answered. I hope President Bush will not make the mistake of recess appointing Mr. Bolton."<br><br>The new information does not change the Bush administration's commitment to Bolton's nomination, said a senior State Department official who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the political sensitivity of the subject.<br><br>When Bolton filled out a Senate questionnaire in March in connection with his nomination, "he didn't recall being interviewed by the State Department's inspector general. Therefore, his form, as submitted, was inaccurate," Clay said. "He will correct it."</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> <p></p><i></i>