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  2. List of positions filled by presidential appointment with ...

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    This is a list of positions filled by presidential appointment with Senate confirmation.Under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution and law of the United States, certain federal positions appointed by the president of the United States require confirmation (advice and consent) of the United States Senate.

  3. Cabinet of Barack Obama - Wikipedia

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    If confirmed, Geither said to the Senate Finance Committee that he would ask the Obama administration to pressure China diplomatically to change this practice, [42] more strongly than the Bush administration did. [43] The United States maintains that China's actions hurt American businesses and contributed to the financial crisis of 2007–2008 ...

  4. Political appointments in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In October 2020, in the final months of his administration, President Donald Trump issued an executive order creating a new Schedule F category within the excepted service for employees "in confidential, policy-determining, policy-making and policy-advocating positions" and instructed agencies to identify and transfer competitive service ...

  5. Obama appoints Gabby Douglas, Kareem Abdul-Jabaar ... - AOL

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    Obama appoints Gabby Douglas, Kareem Abdul-Jabaar, transgender figures and more to administration positions hours before leaving office Morgan Whitaker Updated January 17, 2017 at 4:31 PM

  6. 10 of Obama's greatest accomplishments - AOL

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    Obama and Raul Castro reversed over 60 years of tension between the U.S. and Cuba by restoring diplomatic ties. 4. He urged states in 2013 to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.

  7. Jobs created during U.S. presidential terms - Wikipedia

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    For example, for President Obama, the computation takes the 145.815 million jobs of February 2017 and subtracts the 133.312 million jobs of February 2009 to arrive at the 12.503 million figure. Four of the top five presidents in terms of total jobs added were Democrats.

  8. List of United States political appointments across party lines

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    President Barack Obama, a Democrat, nominated William F. Jung, a Republican, as a U.S. federal judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. President Barack Obama, a Democrat, nominated Karen Gren Scholer, a Republican, as a U.S. federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

  9. Opinion - More than ever, we need mandatory national service

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    Actually, most voters favor mandatory national service. In a 2023 survey , 75 percent of Americans between 18-24 said they would support a required term of service so long as participation in the ...