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On December 1, 2008, she was nominated by President-elect Obama to be the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, [70] [87] a position which he also upgraded to cabinet level. [212] Rice is the second youngest [ 212 ] and the first African American woman US Representative to the UN. [ 213 ]
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United States presidents typically fill their Cabinets and other appointive positions with people from their own political party.The first Cabinet formed by the first president, George Washington, included some of Washington's political opponents, but later presidents adopted the practice of filling their Cabinets with members of the president's party.
President Obama was first inaugurated in January 2009, in the depths of the Great Recession and a severe financial crisis that began in 2007. His presidency continued the banking bailout and auto industry rescue begun by the George W. Bush administration and immediately enacted an $800 billion stimulus program, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), which included a blend ...
Title 3 U.S.C. §105 [17] or 3 U.S.C. §107(a) [18] positions whose basic pay is below GS-9 on the U.S. civil service pay scale. Positions within a White House operating unit that is designated as not normally subject to change as a result of a presidential transition. Positions within the uniformed services.
President Barack Obama nominated several Republicans to his Cabinet, among them then-Rep. Ray LaHood, of Illinois, as transportation secretary and Robert Gates as defense secretary.
The Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011 (Pub. L. 112–166 (text)), signed into law on August 10, 2012, eliminates the requirement of Senate approval for 163 positions, allowing the president alone to appoint persons to these positions: [7] Parts of the act went into effect immediately, while other parts took effect ...
A number of Cabinet positions remain outstanding: Trump has yet to name his picks for Agriculture, HUD, Treasury and Labor. But his choices for the most prominent positions are now all named, and ...