The result was that Bolton understandably felt he could not trust the analyst, a sentiment he conveyed to Westermann's ultimate boss, Assistant Secretary of State Carl Ford .

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The Foreign Relations Committee has established, however, that this claim was untrue, a fact documented by a coordination sheet properly signed off on by every relevant agency and by Carl Ford's testimony.

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Some of those responsible for such behavior - like Armitage cronies Carl Ford and Tom Fingar - subsequently sought publicly to sabotage the Bolton nomination, engendering a Senate filibuster that was only ended when Mr. Bush gave his choice for the UN a recess appointment.

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His achievements over that stretch outpace the full careers of many notable Hall of Fame pitchers, including Whitey Ford, Carl Hubbell, Sandy Koufax and Jim Palmer.

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