Word: appointing
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...want to appoint someone who is complimentary to the president in personality, who you can stop in and chat with for ten minutes at the end of the day,” he said...
Within the week, the Bush administration changed its tune. It announced that it would appoint four individuals to the office, which would be led by Scott H. Evertz, the first Bush appointee who is openly gay. Evertz is president of the Wisconsin Log Cabin Republicans, a state branch of a national group which Bush at first repulsed and then met with during the campaign. The administration plans to broaden the office’s mission to include the international spread of the disease, adding a State Department official to its staff, and will also be creating a task force...
...Given that the administration has yet to appoint its team to manage long-term relations with China, will there be competition between China hawks and China doves to fill those places...
...projects that cross faculty barriers, and we hope to see more such collaboration in the future. However, these projects are best left to the University president, who has the authority to carry out such projects without promoting rivalries between central administration and the schools' administrators. If Summers does appoint a new provost, he should clearly define and delineate the office's powers so as to minimize the potential for conflict with the schools. Rather than acting as an uncertain shadow president, the provost could carry out Summers' plans with confidence that the power of the presidency is behind...
...didn't sit on the Rules Committee, which had jurisdiction over the bill, so he didn't have a legitimate claim to sit on any committee that resolves differences between the House and Senate versions. To which top Senate Democrat Tom Daschle, appearing on CBS, replied that he would appoint McCain to the necessary committee - in one of the Democratic slots - if the Republicans refused...