2009 Citizenship Dinner

The 2009 OCPA Citizenship Dinner was a huge success. The event was held at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum where guests were treated to an address by Ambassador John Bolton.

John R. Bolton was appointed as United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations. During his tenure at the United Nations, Bolton was a tenacious and outspoken advocate of U.S. efforts to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, push Syria out of Lebanon and bring African peacekeepers into shaky Somalia. Bolton and France's ambassador led the Security Council to approve a unanimous resolution to end the summer 2006 Hezbollah war on Israel.

Ambassador Bolton has spent many years of his career in public service. He had held many positions including Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs at the Department of State, 1989-1993; Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, 1985-1989; Assistant Administrator for Program and Policy Coordination, U.S. Agency for International Development, 1982-1983; and General Counsel, U.S. Agency for International Development, 1981-1982. Also, Ambassador Bolton is also an attorney. 

 
Ambassador Bolton is the author of Surrender is Not an Option:  Defending America at the U.N. and Abroad, published by Simon and Shuster. (November 2007).

Currently, he is a senior advisor for Kirkland & Ellis LLC with a focus on counseling clients on domestic and international issues in complex corporate, litigation, internal investigations, regulatory and competition matters.

Read "Obama Promises Bush III on Iran," written by Ambassador Bolton.