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John Bolton, nominated by President Bush to be the US ambassador to the United Nations, prepares for questioning by Senators on the Senate Foriegn Relations Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC Monday 11 April 2005. Bolton, a blunt diplomat whose nomination as US ambassador to the U.N. is opposed by most Democrats and a portion of the foreign policy establishment, pledged Monday to help strengthen a world body that has occasionally "gone off track." (KEYSTONE/EPA/SHAWN THEW)