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Eat your heart out Kerry.........

FOXNews.com - Bush Uses Recess Appointment Power to Install GOP Fundraiser Sam Fox as Ambassador - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum

WASHINGTON — President Bush named Republican fundraiser Sam Fox as U.S. ambassador to Belgium on Wednesday, using a maneuver that allowed him to bypass Congress where Democrats had derailed Fox's nomination.

Democrats had denounced Fox for his 2004 donation to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. The group's TV ads, which claimed that Sen. John Kerry exaggerated his military record in Vietnam, were viewed as a major factor in the Massachusetts Democrat losing the election.

Recognizing Fox did not have the votes to obtain Senate confirmation, Bush withdrew the nomination last month. On Wednesday, with Congress out of town for a spring break, the president used his power to make recess appointments to put Fox in the job without Senate confirmation.

This means Fox can remain ambassador until the end of the next session of Congress, effectively through the end of the Bush presidency

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Seems a little bit underhanded on Bush's part, but if it's legal it's legal. On the other hand, if Congress couldn't come up with a better reason than donations to a group who'se credibility seemed intact at the time, then maybe this guy deserves the job anyway.

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All Presidents make recess appointments....The difference is Fox is highly qualified...........