The person for the U.N. Ambassador is still undefined. John R. Bolton, the president’s candidate, rejected by the Democrats as well as by intelligence analysts, claiming that his style is ill-suited for the U.N. post. Bolton is accused of intimidating other officials and is severely criticized by Carl W. Ford Jr., former chief of the department’s bureau of intelligence and research.

"When the country chooses an ambassador to the United Nations, it ought to avoid picking someone whose bullying style of leadership symbolizes everything that created the current estrangement between the United States and most of the world," the New York Times, said in an editorial last week.

In yesterday’s testimony Bolton was facing assertions concerning his assessment of Cuba as trying to develop biological weapons and his appraisal of the weapons programs of Iran and other countries.

"I didn’t seek to have these people fired. I didn’t seek to have them discharged. I said I lost my trust in them," Bolton rejected. He also claimed that he supports international law and views the United Nations as "an important component of our diplomacy."

"You have nothing but disdain for the U.N.," said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif appealing to Bolton. "You can dance around it. You can run away from it. You can put perfume on it," she added.

Nevertheless, with the support of Republicans in the committee majority 10-8 and the Senate itself 55-44 and an independent, Bolton could get the post, even though the new damaging information about him has emerged. The chairman, Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., hopes to hold a committee vote today and has no plan to recall Bolton for more testimony.