Voinovich yet to meet Bolton,air concerns (Wash.Times,for what it's worth)

[Judi Lynn]

Voinovich yet to meet Bolton, air concerns


By James G. Lakely
THE WASHINGTON TIMES


Sen. George V. Voinovich, who two weeks ago shocked the Bush administration by suddenly delaying a vote on the nomination of John R. Bolton to United Nations ambassador, has not heeded White House calls to privately question the nominee about his concerns.

"We have offered to have John Bolton sit down with Senator Voinovich," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said. " would look forward to having the opportunity to sit down with the senator."

The Ohio Republican is currently visiting Slovenia until tomorrow, and with the Senate in recess until next week, that limits the senator's availability to meet with Mr. Bolton before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's May 12 vote on the nominee.

Voinovich spokeswoman Marcie Ridgway said the senator took a notebook with information on Mr. Bolton with him to Slovenia, but in conversations with Mr. Voinovich, "the Bolton nomination has not come up while he's been there."
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