President Bush on Wednesday withdrew the ambassadorial nomination of businessman Sam Fox after Democrats denounced Fox for giving money to a conservative group that undermined Sen. John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign.
Kerry (D-Mass.) criticized Fox because of a $50,000 contribution Fox made in 2004 to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.
That year, the group aired a series of controversial ads that impugned Kerry’s military record in the Vietnam War.
The White House announced the withdrawal less than an hour before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee gathered to vote on his nomination to be ambassador to Belgium.
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Bush withdrew the nomination “because of politics.”
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Items compiled from Tribune news services.
