On Capitol Hill, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is preparing to vote Thursday on the nomination of John Bolton to become ambassador to the United Nations. However more questions have emerged about Bolton’s performance at the State Department where he served as under secretary of state for arms control. The Senators recently learned that Bolton was ordered two years ago not to deliver any speeches or testimony unless it was personally approved by Richard Armitage–the deputy secretary of state. This was because Secretary of State Colin Powell and Armitage felt Bolton had caused problems by inappropriately speaking out on several delicate issues. Meanwhile the CIA’s former deputy director — John McLaughlin — has confirmed that Bolton tried to oust a top CIA analyst from his post in a dispute over the threat posed by Cuba. McLaughlin said the incident marked the only time in his 32 years at the agency that he had seen a policy maker request a CIA analyst be transferred.