John Kerry: “I will vote against him, because I believe his views on the issues for which he will have responsibility are…”

“I will vote against him, because I believe his views on the issues for which he will have responsibility are inconsistent with the best interests of the United States. President Bush has promised to work with our friends and allies to build a new framework for U.S. policies on arms control and international security. But his nomination of John Bolton to be the principal advisor to the Secretary of State on these issues is just one of many steps that have sent a decidedly mixed message about his commitment to pursuing a thoughtful, cooperative approach. In the last several weeks, President Bush has withdrawn the United States from the Kyoto Protocol, sent the South Korean President home with no commitment that we will continue to work on reducing the dangers from North Korea's ballistic missile program, reversed a more than 20-year-old United States policy that has kept the peace in the Taiwan Strait, and announced that the United States will no longer concern itself with negotiations to control and reduce the strategic nuclear arsenal of the former Soviet Union.”