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The Top Jobs in Trump's Administration Are Mostly Vacant: Who's to Blame?

• By KAREN YOURISH and GREGOR AISCH

This is largely because Mr. Trump has been exceptionally slow in nominating people to serve in leadership positions below the secretary level, according to a New York Times analysis. Mr. Trump has announced 36 percent of these positions, compared with 78 percent for Mr. Obama over the same period.

"It's always been slow, but Trump is running at a subglacial speed," said Paul C. Light, a professor at New York University who specializes in political appointments.

The White House says Senate Democrats are to blame for the vacancies, and it is true they have used obstruction tactics to delay the confirmation of some nominees. David Malpass, for example, still has not been confirmed even though he was nominated in March for the Treasury's under secretary for international affairs.

On average, however, among the group included in The Times's analysis, Mr. Trump's nominees have only taken nine days longer to be confirmed than Mr. Obama's.


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