Herbert Hoover actually said...

Payment from official funds may be made for all obligations, including those for transportation, incurred prior to the date of retirement or...

Any obligations incurred prior to the date of retirement or separation from the service for which expenditures from official funds have not ...

No draft drawn by a Foreign Service officer who has resigned, retired, or for any other cause become separated from the service will be paid...

For the purpose of bringing the Consular Regulations of 1896 into conformity with statutes of the United States and simplified administrativ...