John Bolton

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John Bolton is an American diplomat, lawyer, and conservative foreign policy hawk who served in senior U.S. national security roles, including as National Security Advisor under President Donald Trump.

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instanceOf American diplomat
United States National Security Advisor
author
human
lawyer
political commentator
appointedBy Donald Trump
George W. Bush
birthName John Bolton self-linksurface differs
surface form: John Robert Bolton
boardMemberOf American Enterprise Institute
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1948-11-20
educatedAt Yale Law School NERFINISHED
Yale University
employer United States government
endTime 2006-12-31 (as U.S. Ambassador to the UN)
2019-09-10 (as National Security Advisor)
familyName Bolton
genreOfWriting political memoir
givenName John
hairColor white
hasChild one daughter (name not widely publicized)
hasWrittenWork The Room Where It Happened
ideology neoconservatism
knownFor hawkish foreign policy views
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
militaryService Maryland National Guard
surface form: Maryland Army National Guard
name John Bolton self-link
nationality American
notableFor advocacy for regime change in adversarial states
strong support for U.S. unilateralism
occupation author
diplomat
lawyer
political commentator
placeOfBirth Baltimore, Maryland, United States
politicalAlignment conservative
positionHeld Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs
United States Ambassador to the United Nations (Cabinet-level)
surface form: United States Ambassador to the United Nations

United States National Security Advisor
religion Lutheranism
surface form: Lutheranism (commonly reported)
residence Bethesda, Maryland
surface form: Bethesda, Maryland (historical)
serviceEndTime 1976 (Maryland Army National Guard)
serviceStartTime 1970 (Maryland Army National Guard)
spouse Gretchen Smith Bolton
startTime 2005-08-01 (as U.S. Ambassador to the UN)
2018-04-09 (as National Security Advisor)
workLocation Washington, D.C.

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