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Defend America on Thursday, November 19, 2009 1:18:04 PM
Barack Obama rewards big donors with plum jobs overseas
By JEANNE CUMMINGS |
11/19/09 9:37 AM EST
He may have promised to change Washington,
but President Barack Obama is continuing one of its most renowned
patronage traditions: bestowing prized ambassadorships on big donors.
Of the nearly 80 ambassadorship nominations or confirmations since
Obama’s Inauguration, 56 percent were given to political appointees and
44 percent have gone to career diplomats, according to records kept by
the American Foreign Service Association.
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