Whooda Thunk It, John Bolton for the Nobel Prize?

CNS reports:

John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is one of two Americans who have been nominated for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.

Last year, Democrats and a few Republicans refused to confirm Bolton to the U.N. post, forcing President Bush to resort to a recess appointment.

Bolton and Kenneth R. Timmerman were formally nominated by Sweden's former deputy prime minister Per Ahlmark, for playing a major role in exposing Iran's secret plans to develop nuclear weapons.

They documented Iran's secret nuclear buildup and revealed Iran's "repeated lying" and false reports to the International Atomic Energy Agency, a press release said.

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Even Sobbin' George Voinovich, the Ohio Senator who was reduced to tears by the thought that Bolton might represent the US at the UN has now admitted that Bolton is doing a "good job" there.