With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". period of time prior to the Navy’s promulgation of NAVADMIN 133/94. III. Lastly, the government appeals the Court of Federal Claims’s grant of interest for the period between Mr. Clary’s separation and the time he is placed on retirement. As a general matter, absent a waiver of sovereign immunity, no interest may be paid. Library of Cong. v. Shaw, 478 U.S. 310, 314, 106 S.Ct. 2957, 92 L.Ed.2d 250 (1986); United States Shoe Corp. v. United States, 296 F.3d 1378, 1381 (Fed.Cir.2002) (“Interest may only be recovered in a suit against the government if there has been a clear and express waiver of sovereign immunity by contract or statute, or if interest is part of compensation required by the Constitution.”); Int’l Bus. Machs. Corp. v. United States, 201 F.3d 1367, 1369 (Fed.Cir.2000) (<HOLDING>). Indeed, it is axiomatic that “the sovereign’s

A: holding that federal courts have no subject matter jurisdiction to hear a claim against the united states or one of its agencies absent a clear waiver of sovereign immunity
B: holding that the united states is liable for interest only in the event of a clear statutory waiver of sovereign immunity
C: holding that the ats does not waive the united states sovereign immunity
D: holding that sovereign immunity bars an attorneys lien against the united states
B.