Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton came by today's bloggers briefing at Heritage to talk about his new book, "Surrender is Not an Option," and sound-off on a wide variety of foreign policy issues.

Ambassador Bolton has a knack for memorable lines, and I was extremely impressed by his knowledge of world affairs and his ability to concisely explain complicated issues in a straight-forward, no nonsense manner.

The Ambassador explained that two goals for his book are to show that, "Policy isn’t made by cosmic forces in the sky, it's made by real people," and to demonstrate "how the State Department undercuts the President's policies."

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Bolton explained that the UN is one tool in the United State's foreign policy tool box.

The UN is a butter knife. You don’t use it to eat soup or cut steak. As long as you realize that, you’ll be alright.

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