Reply #6: Crap...look at all of the Ambassadors..chimp's Pioneers/Rangers

[rainbow4321]

And it looks like **all** of the Ambassadors...scary that these people are representing the US around the world. Also lists other various appointments.

http://www.whitehouseforsale.org/documents/appoint0804.pdf
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Key phrase being "recess appointments"

http://www.whitehouseforsale.org/ContributorsAndPaybacks/

Throughout his first term in the White House, President Bush has consistently rewarded his biggest financial supporters with special favors, insider access and prized federal appointments at home and abroad. Last Friday, President Bush quietly appointed major fundraisers as ambassadors to the Bahamas and Estonia as well as to two positions on the board of directors of the Inter-American Foundation.

The four Rangers and Pioneers were among 20 “recess appointments” announced by the president on July 30. By making these appointments while Congress is not in session, Bush bypasses the Senate confirmation process. All the appointees will serve until the end of 2005.

According to analysis by Public Citizen, nearly one of every five of Bush’s elite fundraisers in the 2004 or 2000 elections has received a presidential appointment. At least 173 Rangers and Pioneers (or their spouses) received appointments ranging from jobs in the executive branch to positions on federal advisory boards to spots on the Bush-Cheney transition team. This tally includes four cabinet secretaries and 29 ambassadors.