On the November 16 edition of Fox News' Your World, host Neil Cavuto, Fox News' managing editor of business news, endorsed John Bolton, President Bush's nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, who is seeking to be permanently appointed to the position after ascending to the post in March 2005 via a recess appointment. Cavuto stated that it is “not right” that the Senate is unlikely to confirm Bolton and twice asked if “there [is] another way around” the Senate's confirmation process, wondering whether there was “an alternative way of paying” Bolton's salary or giving him “a different title.” Cavuto also praised Bolton, saying that he has done “a pretty fine job” as ambassador.

Cavuto then claimed that, “to many in the conservative community, and -- and in the larger Republican Party as a whole,” Bolton has “become a bit of a rock star,” then, hoping not to “jinx” his Senate confirmation, asked whether Bolton would consider running for office if he does not get confirmed. Cavuto also claimed that “many in the White House” “fear” that if Bolton is “forced out, it will be sending a dangerous message to the North Koreas [and] the Irans” of the world. Cavuto ended the interview by asking Bolton whether he thinks “our security is in danger right now in this political environment” of his nomination and confirmation process, that the world might think " 'the U.S. U.N. ambassador might be out -- the devil will play?' " Bolton responded: “I think some countries may be reading it that way,” adding that “it would be a mistake” for them to do so.

From the November 16 edition of Fox News' Your World with Neil Cavuto:

CAVUTO: Our politicians make their picks on Capitol Hill today, and our enemies plot. Welcome, everybody, I'm Neil Cavuto, and this is Your World. Well, Iran says that it is ready to take the final step in its nuclear program, while North Korea threatens to pull away from nuclear talks. And the one guy who's been working tirelessly to squash these threats could be about to get the boot. With us now, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, who must be confirmed by the Senate before Democrats take control to keep his job, and, increasingly, that doesn't look like it's going to happen.

Ambassador, that's not right.

BOLTON: Well, thank you for having me here, to begin with. It's -- it's something that I'm content to let the Senate and the White House work on. You know, I'm concentrating up here on North Korea, Iran, Darfur, Lebanon. And the White House is working very hard to get a vote on the Senate floor. I think, if we had a vote on the Senate floor, the nomination would be successful. So, I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hoping they can do it in Washington.

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BOLTON: At this point, all of the Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are continuing to vote against me, and I don't doubt that they would vote against me on the floor. One possibility would be that they would say, “Look, we're going to vote against Bolton, but the president's nominee deserves an up-or-down vote on the Senate floor.” Vote the nomination out without recommendation. Let each individual senator on the floor make up his or her mind.

CAVUTO: I've been wondering: Is there another way around it? In other words, someone said an alternative way of paying your salary or giving you a different title, let's say deputy U.N. representative, something like that, has that been discussed?

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CAVUTO: It turns out that you've done a pretty fine job. And, when -- when -- when ambassadors from China and Russia and some of the other countries sing your praises, did that mollify some of those critics? Did you ever privately hear, “Hey, you know, Bolton's not the guy we thought he -- he'd be?”

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CAVUTO: OK, but, again, there's been no talk, short of that, of giving you another appointment or another way around a Senate appointment?

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CAVUTO: All right. Now, to many in the conservative community, and -- and in the larger Republican Party as a whole, you've become a bit of a rock star. Have you considered, if this doesn't work out -- and I don't want to jinx it, but if it doesn't work out -- running for office?

BOLTON: No, I haven't.

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CAVUTO: All right. Now, if -- the -- the fear among, I know, many in the White House, Ambassador, is that, if you are forced out, it will be sending a dangerous message to the North Koreas, the Irans. What do you make of that?

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CAVUTO: Finally, do you think our security is in danger right now in this political environment, that the world seems to think, “Hey, the U.S. is shifting course; the U.S. U.N. ambassador might be out -- the devil will play?”

BOLTON: Well, I think some countries may be reading it that way. It would be a mistake, because one rock in all of this changing political environment here is President Bush, who has said, publicly and repeatedly, that it's just unacceptable for Iran to have nuclear weapons, for North Korea to transfer those weapons.