John R. Bolton
On day 2 of the Senate confirmation hearings, April 12, 2005, for John R. Bolton, a Bush nomination for the US representative to the UN, the Senate panel focused on allegations that Bolton pressured intelligence analysts. Former State Department intelligence chief Carl W. Ford Jr. characterized Bolton as a ""kiss-up, kick-down" sort of guy", implying that he was always ready to please whoever had authority over him, while having very little regard for people working under him.