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The appointment of a Secretary of the Treasury is just that, an appointment to a position which is NOT a cabinet position in any administration. The S.o.T. is the [governor] appointed to the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF). He is not an officer of the United States, is not a cabinet member and does not represent the interests of the United States. His position is as liaison between the federal government and the IMF. His obligation is to the IMF, not to the United States. The secretary of the Treasury is not sworn into office as cabinet members are, and take no oaths to the United States.

Nonsense. You might as well say our Ambassador to the UN isn't a US official.

For the record, Geithner did have a swearing-in ceremony.

Whether he's going to keep his oath to the Constitution is another matter.

[ConservativeMind]

I hate to say it, but this is the legal code that covers our Treasury Secretary NOT being paid by the US:

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/22/286a.html

Straight from Cornell Law School archives.

[stylin19a]

plus the SOT is, I think, 5th in line for succession to the Presidency.

But what do I know....I’m still chasin the illuminati.

[Toddsterpatriot]

OMG! Don’t confuse the nutters with facts.