Foreign Policy Disputes Are Subtext in Battle Over Bolton: "Bolton, the undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, was so committed to principles ensuring U.S. power that he was willing to make his case relentlessly all the way to the top, even with Powell or Powell's deputy, Richard L. Armitage. That won him allies, particularly among neoconservatives in Vice President Cheney's office and among Pentagon policymakers."