Ambassador John Bolton addressed Missouri Boys State this evening in acceptance of the annual George W. Lehr Memorial Speakers Chair. His prepared remarks touched on proliferation issues, North Korea, and Iran. He then took questions from the audience for almost an hour on American foreign policy, diplomacy, the United Nations, oil and energy policy, Iran’s nuclear program, neo-conservatism, his recess appointment as Ambassador to the United Nations, weapons of mass destruction and the Iraq War, and Israel.

Ambassador John Bolton speaking at Boys State from the stage at Hendricks Hall on the campus of the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg.

Transcripts will follow in subsequent posts.