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inlawrev-23374	Clark, Kathleen	The Lawyers Who Mistook a President for Their Client	2019	33	.pdf	application/pdf	13843	718	56	Gen. 566 1979-12-04 Construed Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1978, Public Law 95-105, August 17, 1977, 91 Stat. 844, 859-860 as congressional consent for retired military members employed by foreign governments at time of enactment to start receiving retirement pay as soon as they obtained secretarial approval for foreign government employment, even if the prior deductions had not completely offset the emoluments they received from foreign governments B- 193562 (Comp. Gen.), 1979 WL 11736157 1980-06-13 State department takes the position that retired foreign service officers and retired foreign service information officers continue to be officers for purpose of clause B- 199061 (Comp. Gen.), 1980 WL 16442 1980-07-17 Standard for recouping retirement pay when retired military officer has received approval from one but not both cabinet secretaries B- 198557 (Comp. Gen.), 1980 WL 16290 1982-03-25 Standard for recouping retirement pay received during period of unauthorized employment by foreign government 61 Comp. Over the course of a century and a half, the Department has issued more than fifty opinions interpreting the Clause to prohibit federal officials from accepting any benefit from foreign governments, even if the benefit is small in size, is part of an arms-length transaction, is funneled through an intermediary, or if the official’s government responsibilities don’t affect the foreign government.1 Consistent with both the language and purpose of the Clause, the Department has been vigilant in safeguarding our Republic from potentially corrupt foreign government influence by preventing foreign governments from currying favor with federal officials.	cache/inlawrev-23374.pdf	txt/inlawrev-23374.txt