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Key Republican joins Dems opposing Bolton nomination - CNN.com:

Along with Bolton’s nomination, Bush said he would like to move forward on legislation to retroactively authorize the National Security Agency’s domestic surveillance program.

Bush said he would like to see action on both issues before year’s end. The Democratic-controlled Congress begins its term in January.
But Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee, who was defeated in this week’s election, said he would block Bolton’s nomination.

Chafee, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, told reporters that he did not believe Bolton’s nomination would move forward without his support.

“The American people have spoken out against the president’s agenda on a number of fronts, and presumably one of those is on foreign policy,” the Rhode Island moderate told The Associated Press.

This is a rare act of courage and integrity that should be shouted from the rooftops. I can’t say I knew Lincoln Chafee’s name last month and can’t say I would have cared to but he deserves a round of applause. I am sure the pressure being put on him by the White House is astronomical but he is choosing to do the right thing and whether Republican or Democrat we should applaud ethics when we see them. The only way our leaders will ever know that we want this from them and are appalled when we see them spinning and just out and out lying is to tell them. I for one sent him a little note today and I hope others will too.

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