Editing John Danforth (section)

===UN Ambassador===
[[Image:John Danforth being sworn in by Clarence Thomas.jpg|thumb|left|Danforth's swearing in to be the United States Ambassador to the United Nations by [[Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court|Justice]] [[Clarence Thomas]], his former assistant, 2004]]

On July 1, 2004, Danforth was sworn in as the [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]], succeeding [[John Negroponte]], who left the post after becoming the [[U.S. Ambassador to Iraq]] in June. He is best remembered for attempts to bring peace to the Sudan but stayed at the UN for just six months. Danforth was mentioned as a successor to Secretary of State [[Colin Powell]]. Six days after the announcement that [[Condoleezza Rice]] was going to take the position, Danforth submitted his resignation on November 22, 2004, effective January 20, 2005. His resignation letter<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.un.int/usa/JCD%20Resignation.pdf |title=Resignation letter from Ambassador Danforth to President G.W. Bush |access-date=2004-12-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050128202017/http://www.un.int/usa/JCD%20Resignation.pdf |archive-date=2005-01-28 |date=November 22, 2004 |first=John C. |last=Danforth |website=United Nations }}</ref> said, "Forty-seven years ago, I married the girl of my dreams, and, at this point in my life, what is most important to me is to spend more time with her."<ref>{{cite web|author=Christine Lagorio |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/un-rep-resigns-after-5-months/ |title=U.N. Rep Resigns After 5 Months |work=CBS News |date=2004-12-02 |access-date=2010-03-16}}</ref>