JOHN R. BOLTON

43. BUSH
45. TRUMP
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OVERVIEW:

BORN:
November 20, 1948; 
Baltimore, Maryland

EDUCATION:
Yale University (BA, 1970)
Yale Law School (JD, 1974)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1974-1981
Practiced Law in Washington, DC (Covington & Burling)
1981-1982: 
General Counsel, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
1982-1983:
Assistant USAID Administrator for Program and Policy Coordination
1983-1985
Practiced Law in Washington, DC (Covington & Burling)
1985-1989:
Assistant U.S. Attorney General 
1989-1993:
Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization
1993-1999:
Partner in Law Firm of  Lerner, Reed, Bolton & McManus
2001-2005:
Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
2005-2006:
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
2018-2019
White House National Security Advisor 

PORTRAIT:

RESOURCES:

BIOGRAPHIES:
White House
State Department
American Enterprise Institute
Wikipedia

MEDIA COVERAGE:

BUSH UN NOMINATION (3/7/2005):
New York Times
Washington Post

RECESS APPOINTMENT TO UN (8/2/2005):
New York Times
Washington Post
Wall Street Journal

RESIGNATION (12/4/2006):
New York Times
New York Times
Washington Post

TRUMP APPOINTMENT (3/23/2018)
New York Times
New York Times
New York Times
Washington Post
Washington Post
Politico
Politico 
Wall Street Journal

TRUMP APPOINTMENT ANALYSIS (3/24/2018):
Washington Post
Washington Post

FIRING/ RESIGNATION (9/10/2018):
Washington Post
New York Times
Wall Street Journal
Politico
The Economist
Financial Times

FIRING/RESIGNATION ANALYSIS (9/11/2018):
Washington Post
Washington Post
New York Times
Wall Street Journal
Politico

PROFILES: 
New York Magazine (12/30/2005)
New York Times (7/23/2006)
The Atlantic (3/8/2019)
New Yorker (4/28/2019)