White House Says Fox Won’t Be Paid, Yet The Left Insists He Will
The White House says that Sam Fox, the just appointed U.S. ambassador to Belgium, will not be paid because of rules governing recess appointments. Seems pretty cut and dried right? Wrong! The left is fabricating a story as we speak and what’s worse is this:
 RAW STORY has received the letter from several Senators to the GAO requesting an opinion on the legality of the President’s actions
Are the Senators just making sure to give them enough red meat? I think so, but this is where the story gets comical. How sad that there are those dumb enough to take this seriously:
The Department of State will not rule out paying a salary to Sam Fox, the major Swift Boat Veterans For Truth donor who was recess appointed as US Ambassador to Belgium by President George W. Bush yesterday.
“That’s not something we’re allowed to get into,” Lesley Phillips, a State Department spokeswoman, told RAW STORY when asked whether or not the millionaire businessman would be paid for his services.
Phillips clarified that it was against departmental policy to speak of the compensation of any individual State Department employee, and would only point to government regulations. She then described to RAW STORY what Fox’s salary could be if he is given one, based upon the Office of Personnel Management’s executive pay schedule. A US ambassador’s potential annual salary falls between $154,600 and $145,400.
The State Department spokeswoman directed all additional questions to the White House, which did not return RAW STORY’s call.
The spokesperson’s remarks appear to conflict with reports last night that Fox wouldn’t be drawing a salary for his diplomatic service.
No, the remarks don’t appear to be in conflict. It appears that the person contacted was doing her job and following procedure. She couldn’t give out information, period, but I guess if you want to make stuff up, have at it.
April 7, 2007 - 09:36 AM on April 7th, 2007
And we should believe the White House this time because?
April 7, 2007 - 09:43 AM on April 7th, 2007
Gee I don’t know Knipple, considering the story is based on the left saying the WH won’t rule out pay:roll: