John Bolton and the lost art of honest brokering | By John Gans for CNNOpinion
John Gans, who served as chief speechwriter at the Pentagon until 2017, is director of communications and research at the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House. His new book,"White House Warriors," chronicles national security advisers and policy-making from Harry Truman to Donald Trump. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion articles on CNN.
Although Americans might suspect the national security adviser's office in the White House is a high-tech command post, like something out of Hollywood, the modest space has few bells and whistles. It is not bereft of personal touches, however. Above his desk, President Donald Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, has a gold-framed portrait of President George H.W. Bush and his foreign policy team, which included then-national security adviser Brent Scowcroft.
John GansIn some ways, such a decorating choice is not a surprise: The low-profile Scowcroft, who served as national security adviser to two Presidents, is the gold standard for the position. But as the past weeks' crisis with Iran has shown, the far more outspoken Bolton is a tough fit for the Scowcroft mold.
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