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Originally Posted by GatorB
No this guy stays in until the end of the next session which ends Jan 20, 2009. How convienent.
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correct. A recess appointee has to be approved by the end of the next session or he/she loses the position. In this case it is Jan 20 2009. Basically things like this are done so that this guy can pad his resume and has a thank you for his mud raking during the election. He can put on it that he was the ambassador to Belgium and it will help him get some kick ass, high paying job on a company that wants to be able able to tell its shareholders that they have a former US ambassador on the board.