John R. Bolton served as Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor from April 2018 to September 2019.
Prior to his appointment, Ambassador Bolton served as a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI); of counsel at Kirkland & Ellis; a contributor to FOX News Channel and FOX Business Network; and his op-ed articles were regularly featured in major media publications.
Ambassador Bolton was appointed as United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations on August 1, 2005 and served until his resignation in December 2006. Prior to his appointment, Ambassador Bolton served as Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security from May 2001 to May 2005.
Other positions he has previously held include 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.
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) and How Barack Obama is Endangering our National Sovereignty, published by Encounter Books (April 2010).
Ambassador Bolton was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Yale College in 1970, and received his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1974. He currently resides in Maryland with his wife, Gretchen. They have one daughter, Jennifer Sarah, who also graduated from Yale College, and received her MBA and SM degrees from MIT in 2014 and is currently a senior manager at Nissan’s facility in Nashville.
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National Security Challenges Facing the Next Administration with John Bolton
Yale Student Chapter
Zoom Webinar -- Yale Law127 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
National Security Advisor John R. Bolton Address
Protecting American Constitutionalism and Sovereignty from International Threats
The Mayflower Hotel, Grand Ballroom1127 Connecticut Avenue Northwest
Washington, DC 20036
Foreign Policy Challenges Facing the United States
Country Club of Orlando 1601 Country Club DriveOrlando, Florida 32804
October 2015 DC Luncheon with John Bolton
Tony Cheng's Restaurant 619 H St NWWashington, District of Columbia 20007
Foreign Policy Challenges Facing the United States
Moot CourtroomOrlando, Florida 32807
Workshop on Problems of Insider Trading and Merger Regulations [Archive Collection]
First Annual National Lawyers Convention
On January 30-31, 1987, the Federalist Society hosted its annual National Lawyers Convention at the...
Workshop on Problems of Insider Trading and Merger Regulations [Archive Collection]
First Annual National Lawyers Convention
On January 30-31, 1987, the Federalist Society hosted its annual National Lawyers Convention at the...
National Security Advisor John R. Bolton Address
Protecting American Constitutionalism and Sovereignty from International Threats
On September 10, 2018, National Security Advisor John R. Bolton delivered an address on "Protecting...
National Security Advisor John R. Bolton Address
Protecting American Constitutionalism and Sovereignty from International Threats
On September 10, 2018, National Security Advisor John R. Bolton delivered an address on "Protecting...
Panel V: War Powers and the Executive
2009 National Student Symposium
The Federalist Society's Student Division presented this panel at the 2009 Annual Student Symposium on...