@BuzzFeedAndrew @jonallendc Always been understood to be most recent 14 years, but never litigated. Came up in Herbert Hoover nomination.
@gregorykorte @BuzzFeedAndrew would seem to be an issue for any ambassador if applied consecutively, no?
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@jonallendc@BuzzFeedAndrew Not necessarily. Convention didn't intend for it to apply to people intermittently away on public business. -
@gregorykorte@BuzzFeedAndrew that would have been bad for, say, Jefferson -
@jonallendc@BuzzFeedAndrew Exactly. Or Monroe, Quincy Adams, Van Buren. Even Eisenhower, I suppose. Which would be insane.
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