Presidential Appointments

Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg speaks at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (REUTERS/Brian Snyder).

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October 3, 2013, Richard C. Bush III

Richard Bush offers his thoughts on the significance of Caroline Kennedy's confirmation as the next United States Ambassador to Japan.

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It seems to me that when you want an ambassador, two very important assets are proximity to the president—which [Caroline Kennedy] clearly has—and visibility. There has been a pattern in the past of appointing high-profile people to this post and that [Ms. Kennedy's nomination] would fit into the pattern. This is a complicated region, but she has those two very important assets.
April 1, 2013, Mireya Solís, Wall Street Journal
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John Kerry as Secretary of State

February 6, 2013, Tamara Cofman Wittes
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[Filibustering of a presidential nominee is] just sort of emblematic of senators pushing their powers here into an area where we traditionally said that senators are willing to defer to the president.
January 11, 2013, Sarah A. Binder, National Public Radio
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I have no doubt the next president will decide what happens to Roe v. Wade by his appointments to the Supreme Court.
October 3, 2012, Elisabeth Jacobs, Glamour
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President Obama's Court Nominations

March 20, 2009, Russell Wheeler

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