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March 9th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Obama gave a range of government posts to more than half of his 47 biggest fundraisers, each of whom collected at least $500,000 for his campaign, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.
At least 24 of the fundraisers were appointed ambassadors in countries such Finland, Australia, Portugal and Luxembourg. Among them is Don Beyer, a former Virginia lieutenant governor who serves as ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
The United States’ Foreign Service Act of 1980 states that “contributions to political campaigns should not be a factor in the appointment of an individual as a chief of mission.”
Obama, however, appointed 59 ambassadors who were not career Foreign Service officers, and of those, 40 percent were his campaign fundraisers.
Susan Johnson, president of the American Foreign Service Association, which represents career officers, said that some of Obama’s political appointees have been “costly in terms of advancing and protecting our interests and costly for the taxpayers.”
A report from the State Department inspector general last year criticized Nicole Avant, ambassador to the Bahamas, for “an extended period of dysfunctional leadership and mismanagement, which […] caused problems throughout the embassy.”
The inspector general report also criticized US envoy to Luxembourg Cynthia Stroum, saying she sent her staff on a house-hunting mission, billed the government for remodeling her residence.
Obama campaigned on what he called “the most sweeping ethics reform in history” and has frequently criticized the role of money in politics.
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