Hot Water

I bet that John Bolton is in hot water with the White House. Talking yesterday about the recent nuclear arms agreement reached with North Korea, Bolton said: “It’s a bad, disappointing deal, and the best thing you can say about it is that it will probably fall apart.”

Whoops. That’s probably not what the Bush administration had in mind for him to say. Indeed, during the President’s press conference today, an uncomfortable moment ensued when a reporter asked Bush to explain Bolton’s comment. “I strongly disagree – strongly disagree with his assessment,” Bush responded awkwardly.