NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration has identified its leading choices for the top federal prosecutors in Manhattan and Brooklyn, N.Y., including one who is a law partner of White House ally Rudy Giuliani and another who is a law partner of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, according to a document sent to New York’s […]
Category: Nominations
8/4/2017
HHS/NOMINATIONS: “Dr. Jerome Adams was confirmed as the US surgeon general this week, pledging to take on the country’s opioid epidemic. Adams, who was nominated for the role by President Donald Trump, is the 20th surgeon general to hold the position. ‘To be confirmed as the 20th US Surgeon General is truly an indescribable honor,’ […]
8/4/2017
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Senate on Thursday [8-3-17] cleared the way for dozens of Trump administration nominees across the government to take office, allowing the administration to round out its top staff and regulatory commissions and advance its agenda on a broad range of issues. Top officials at the State, Justice, Commerce, Treasury, Health and Human […]
8/3/2017
ENERGY/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Neil Chatterjee and Robert Powelson as members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, restoring a quorum to the agency. ‘After six months, we have finally restored a working quorum to FERC,’ Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski, chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said in […]
8/3/2017
CFTC/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday [8-3-17] to confirm two Republicans and one Democrat to serve on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the top U.S derivatives regulator. In a voice vote, the Senate approved the nominations of Republican Chris Giancarlo to serve as CFTC chairman, as well as Republican Brian Quintenz and […]
8/2/2017
EX-IM BANK/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is giving former Rep. Scott Garrett a chance to save his nomination to lead the Export-Import Bank just weeks after the president privately questioned the appointment amid intense pushback from business groups. The New Jersey Republican’s confirmation has been in doubt for months amid concern about his record […]
8/2/2017
DHS/HOUSE OF REPS/NOMINATIONS: “One of the top candidates to take over the Department of Homeland Security, Rep. Michael McCaul, has concerns about taking the position due, in part, to how President Donald Trump has treated other top administration officials, two sources familiar with discussions about the matter tell CNN. One source described McCaul, a Texas […]
8/1/2017
DEFENSE/NOMINATIONS: “The Senate voted unanimously Tuesday [8-2-17] to confirm eight of President Donald Trump’s picks to help lead the Department of Defense, more than doubling the number of his administration’s political appointees at the Pentagon. The list of eight confirmations included Richard Spencer to be Secretary of the Navy and Ellen Lord to be the […]
8/1/2017
CHRIS WRAY/FBI/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Christopher Wray, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation, won Senate confirmation Tuesday [8-2-17] with the support of most Democrats, putting the former Justice Department official and private lawyer in charge of an agency buffeted by political crosswinds that show few signs of diminishing. The bipartisan 92-to-5 […]
7/28/2017
FDIC/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House is considering a regional bank lawyer and former Senate staffer to lead the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., according to people familiar with the matter. Jelena McWilliams, chief legal officer at Fifth Third Bancorp . , could be nominated to be FDIC chairwoman, the people said. If chosen, she would […]
7/27/2017
NOMINATIONS/POLITICAL FIGURES/RELIGION/TRUMP PEOPLE/SAM BROWNBACK: “For more than six years, Gov. Sam Brownback has steered Kansas on a hard right turn on one issue after another: taxes, guns, abortion rights, Medicaid and welfare benefits. He will leave as an unpopular leader of a state in uncertain fiscal health, with more robust conservative policies and governed by […]
7/26/2017
NOMINATIONS/RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sam Brownback, the beleaguered governor of Kansas whose aggressively conservative fiscal polices turned some fellow Republicans against him, will be nominated to serve as ambassador at large for international religious freedom, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday [7-26-17]. Mr. Brownback, 60, represented his home state in Congress before being […]
7/25/2017
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATIONS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s nominee for a top Justice Department post defended his work for a Russian bank Tuesday [7-25-17] and he said Mr. Trump’s tweets attacking Attorney General Jeff Sessions were ‘difficult’ for him to hear. Brian Benczkowski, a lawyer who served in the George W. Bush Justice Department, appeared before […]
7/20/2017
AMBASSADOR/GERMANY/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “President Donald Trump has picked former U.N. spokesman Richard Grenell as U.S. ambassador to Germany, a White House official who spoke on condition of anonymity said on Thursday. Grenell served as U.S. spokesman at the United Nations from 2001 to 2008, during the administration of Republican President George W. Bush. Currently, Grenell […]
7/21/2017
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Financier Anthony Scaramucci, a top donor to President Donald Trump during the campaign, is expected to be named White House communications director on Friday [7-21-17], two White House officials said. Mr. Scaramucci, 53 years old, is the founder of hedge-fund investing firm SkyBridge Capital and a hedge-fund conference known as SALT. Known as […]
7/20/2017
FBI/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday [7-20-17] unanimously approved the nomination of Christopher Wray to be FBI director following the dismissal of the agency’s former chief, James Comey, by President Donald Trump. All 20 members of the committee voted to approve Wray, a white-collar crime lawyer and former assistant attorney general […]
7/19/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/USDA: “President Trump on Wednesday [7-19-17] nominated Sam Clovis, a former college professor and talk radio host who has challenged the scientific consensus that human activity has been the primary driver of climate change, to serve in the Agriculture Department’s top scientific post. ‘Dr. Clovis was one of the first people through […]
7/19/2017
ARMY/MILITARY/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration plans to name Mark Esper as its nominee for Army secretary, administration and congressional sources confirmed to CNN. Esper is the third person the Trump administration has named as its pick for Army secretary after the first two picks both dropped out — one over financial vetting issues and […]
7/19/2017
AMBASSADOR/NOMINATIONS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump announced his intention Tuesday [7-18-17] to nominate former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman to be U.S. ambassador to Russia. If confirmed, the former 2012 GOP presidential candidate would take over a high-profile post amid ongoing investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and potential contacts between Russian officials and the […]
7/18/2017
NOMINATIONS/SEC/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump intends to nominate former Senate Republican aide Hester Maria Peirce to be a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the White House said on Tuesday [7-18-17]. Peirce is a former Senate Banking Committee staff member and currently is the director of the Financial Markets Working Group at […]
7/18/2017
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate on Tuesday [7-18-17] confirmed Patrick Shanahan to be the No. 2 official at the Pentagon, in a 92-7 vote. The final vote sailed through the Senate, but it wasn’t always smooth sailing for Shanahan on Capitol Hill. He was excoriated during his confirmation hearing last month by Sen. John McCain, […]
7/12/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Christopher Wray vowed Wednesday [7-12-17] to remain independent of any pressure if he’s confirmed to lead the FBI — pledging to adhere to the ‘Constitution and the rule of law’ as head of the bureau, ‘no matter the test.’ Wray also testified that he did not have any conversations with anyone […]
7/11/2017
DEMS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate Democrats have only confirmed 48 of 197 Presidential Nominees. They can’t win so all they do is slow things down & obstruct!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 11, 2017 05:59am […]
7/10/2017
ETHICS/FBI/NOMINATIONS: “President Donald Trump’s pick to run the FBI, Christopher Wray, is worth more than $23 million and will recuse himself from any investigation in which his law firm represents a party, according to ethics disclosures provided on Monday [7-11-17]. Mr. Wray, a former senior Justice Department official, has spent the past decade as a […]
7/10/2017
FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump plans to put his first mark on the Federal Reserve by nominating Randal Quarles, an investment-fund manager and former Republican Treasury official, to be the central bank’s top official in charge of regulating big banks. The choice of Mr. Quarles, expected for months and confirmed by a White […]
7/9/2017
FBI/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If fireworks erupt at Wednesday’s [7-12-17] confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next FBI director, they aren’t likely to be sparked by the nominee, Christopher Wray, a former Justice Department official known as a workhorse who eschews the spotlight. Many current and former FBI agents say that is […]
7/7/2017
CDC/HHS/NOMINATIONS: “Georgia’s public health commissioner was named director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday [7-7-17], ending months of speculation over who would fill a critical role leading an agency in charge of public health matters from battling epidemics to vaccination policy. The Trump administration named Brenda Fitzgerald to succeed Thomas Frieden, […]
7/5/2017
FBI/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next Federal Bureau of Investigation director is scheduled to appear before Congress next week in what is likely to be a contentious confirmation hearing in light of the president’s much-debated firing of former Director James Comey in May. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa), chairman of […]
6/30/2017
HHS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Indiana’s top doctor could soon become the nation’s surgeon general. President Trump on Thursday [6-29-17] nominated Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. Jerome Adams to serve as the next surgeon general. Adams was appointed to his current position 2½ years ago by Vice President Mike Pence, at the time Indiana’s governor. While Adams […]
6/28/2017
FCC/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said he will nominate Brendan Carr, currently the Federal Communications Commission’s general counsel, as a Republican commissioner at the agency. The choice is a victory for the FCC’s new Republican chairman, Ajit Pai. Mr. Carr was an aide to Mr. Pai before becoming the agency’s general counsel. Mr. Carr […]
6/28/2017
NOMINATIONS/TRANSPORTATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s nominee for general counsel of the Transportation Department, Steven G. Bradbury, is coming under fire by Democrats and human rights advocates for his role in providing legal blessing for waterboarding and other torture techniques used by the Central Intelligence Agency on terrorism suspects during the administration of George W. Bush. […]
6/28/2017
GOP/LABOR/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump selected a second Republican, labor-law attorney William Emanuel, to fill a vacant seat on the National Labor Relations Board, the agency refereeing disputes between unions and businesses. The president announced his intent to nominate Mr. Emanuel late Tuesday [6-27-17]. If Mr. Emanuel and Mr. Trump’s earlier choice, Washington attorney […]
6/26/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/NOMINATIONS: “Christopher Wray has spent the past 12 years building up one of the most successful white-collar defense groups in America. Now, that work could limit his oversight of some major investigations if he is confirmed as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. While Mr. Wray’s confirmation process is expected to focus on […]
6/20/2017
LABOR/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump tapped attorney Marvin Kaplan to fill a vacant seat on the National Labor Relations Board, taking a first step toward securing Republican control of the agency refereeing disputes between unions and business for the first time in nearly a decade. The president announced his intent to nominate Mr. Kaplan, […]
6/20/2017
FBI/NOMINATIONS: “Donald Trump’s nominee to be the director of the FBI, Christopher Wray, represented an American energy executive in 2006 who was being criminally investigated by the Russian government. The detail, which was included on Wray’s biography on the website of the law firm King and Spalding dating back to 2009, was removed in 2017, […]
6/14/2017
DEMS/GOP/LABOR/NOMINATIONS/POLITICS: “Five months into President Donald Trump’s administration, the federal agency that referees disputes between unions and business is still controlled by Democrats, complicating the White House’s effort to roll back government oversight of the labor market. National Labor Relations Board decisions during President Barack Obama’s tenure resulted in some big victories for labor, including […]
6/12/2017
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump began on Monday [6-12-17] to nominate replacements for dozens of United States attorneys whom he fired shortly after taking office, sending eight names to the Senate for confirmation as chief federal prosecutors in their regions. Mr. Trump purged most of the nation’s top federal prosecutors in March, demanding their immediate […]
6/8/2017
ETHICS/GOP/NOMINATIONS: “South Carolina Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy has been selected Thursday [6-8-17] to be the next chairman of the House oversight committee, the powerful entity charged with providing oversight over the White House and administration. A source familiar with the vote by the Republican steering committee told CNN that Gowdy will replace outgoing chairman Utah […]
6/7/2017
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House on Wednesday [6-7-17] announced a new slate of 11 judicial nominees, making good on a promise last month to name monthly waves of candidates to the federal bench in a methodical effort to fill more than 120 openings. The administration’s attention to judicial vacancies stands in contrast to its […]
6/7/2017
FBI/NOMINATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump took to Twitter early Wednesday [6-7-17] morning to break the news about his pick for FBI director. ‘Details to follow,’ he wrote at the end of his 128-character announcement of a major appointment. But for hours, the details didn’t follow, with the White House breaking from the thorough communications […]
6/7/2017
FBI/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/CHRIS WRAY: “President Donald Trump is tapping former Assistant Attorney General Chris Wray to serve as the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the president said in a tweet Wednesday [6-7-17] morning. Mr. Wray, a former senior Justice Department official who has since served as a white-collar defense lawyer, met […]
6/7/2017
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump has roughly 1,100 top-tier positions to fill across his administration. So far, he’s nominated only 111 of them. No president in modern history has fallen so far behind in naming heads of agencies, assistant secretaries, ambassadors and other critical leadership roles that require Senate approval. As of Tuesday [6-6-17], only […]
6/7/2017
ECONOMY/NOMINATIONS/TREASURY/TRUMP PEOPLE/DAVID MALPASS: “The Trump administration’s nominee to be Washington’s top financial diplomat, ex-Bear Stearns chief economist David Malpass, will advocate an America-first revision of the world’s economic architecture when senators review his nomination Wednesday [6-7-17]. Mr. Malpass, a former senior official in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations, has long been critical of […]
6/7/2017
FBI/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I will be nominating Christopher A. Wray, a man of impeccable credentials, to be the new Director of the FBI. Details to follow.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 7, 2017 06:44am […]
6/5/2017
DEMS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@foxandfriends Dems are taking forever to approve my people, including Ambassadors. They are nothing but OBSTRUCTIONISTS! Want approvals.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 5, 2017 08:35am […]
2/17/2017
CABINET/NATIONAL SECURITY/NOMINATIONS: “General Keith Kellogg, who I have known for a long time, is very much in play for NSA – as are three others.” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 17, 2017 08:16am […]
2/3/2017
CABINET/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Vincent Viola, a billionaire Wall Street trader and President Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Army, abruptly withdrew his name for the post on Friday night after concluding it would be too difficult to untangle himself from his business ties, two government officials said… A former Pentagon official and close friend said Mr. […]
2/1/2017
NEIL GORSUCH/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT: [Reporter: “As you pointed out last night, Judge Gorsuch was confirmed on a unanimous voice vote in 2006. Now, a number of Democrats say they are going to oppose him. What would you say to those Democrats? And would you encourage Senator McConnell to invoke the nuclear option if he feels he […]
2/15/2013
NOMINATIONS/POLITICAL FIGURES/POLITICS: “Chuck Hagel’s nomination has been held up for at least 12 more days. A lot can happen.” [04:09:02 PM] – 2/15/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 2/15/2013 […]
2/15/2013
NOMINATIONS/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Chuck Hagel’s nomination [for Secretary of Defense] has been held up for at least 12 more days. A lot can happen.” – Twitter.com, Feb 15, 2013, Donald Trump, 2/15/2013 […]
1/8/2013
IRAN/NOMINATIONS/OBAMA/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Why would Obama ever nominate someone for Sec. of Defense who opposes sanctions against Iran when Obama claims to support them? [1:33:39 PM] The Iranians are sure happy with Obama’s nomination of Hagel. Already praising Hagel as ‘Anti-Israel’ http://t.co/Y3hDxIO2 [2:12:57 PM]“ – 1/8/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 1/8/2013 […]
1/8/2013
FOREIGN AFFAIRS/IRAN/NOMINATIONS/OBAMA: “The Iranians are sure happy with Obama’s nomination of Hagel. Already praising Hagel as ‘Anti-Israel’ “ http://t.co/Y3hDxIO2 – Twitter.com, Jan 8, 2013, Donald Trump, 1/8/2013 […]
1/7/2013
GOP/NOMINATIONS/OBAMA: “Nominating Chuck Hagel for SOD is the wrong move for Obama. He doesn’t need the fight. Too much political capital will be wasted.” [02:29:38 PM] – 1/7/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 1/7/2013 […]
1/7/2013
NOMINATIONS/OBAMA/POLITICS: “Nominating Chuck Hagel for SOD is the wrong move for Obama. He doesn’t need the fight. Too much political capital will be wasted.” – Twitter.com, Jan 7, 2013, Donald Trump, 1/7/2013 […]
12/28/2012
NOMINATIONS/OBAMA: “Once again Obama is going to lose on another prospective nomination. Chuck Hagel will not be named Sec. of Defense–& probably shouldn’t be.” [03:09:48 PM] – 12/28/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 12/28/2012 […]