Sentence examples for initial nominee from inspiring English sources

President Obama's initial nominee to be secretary of health and human services.

Now Senators John McCain and Russ Feingold, the two champions of campaign finance reform, have placed a hold on Mr. Obama's initial nominee to the Federal Election Commission.

The push to win approval for Sri Srinivasan, the principal deputy solicitor general, has taken on greater urgency because Obama was forced late last month to withdraw his initial nominee to fill one of the court's vacancies, New York City prosecutor Caitlin Halligan, in the face of a Republican filibuster.

But the White House's initial nominee, geochemist Scott Doney, ultimately withdrew his name in 2012 after a 2-year battle with Republicans in the U.S. Senate.

Chu became his party's candidate only three months before election day, after the Nationalists dumped their initial nominee, Hung Hsiu-chu, who was trailing badly in opinion polls.

Other than the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 2nd and 3rd Circuits, Trump's initial nominees will either expand Republican-appointed majorities or modestly bolster Republican-appointed minorities.

In late August 1869 President Grant consulted with businessman, A. T. Stewart, Grant's initial Cabinet nominee, for Secretary of Treasury, concerning the Treasury selling gold.

This time, though, there is also an initial requirement: nominees need to pass a threshold of credibility on national security.

For what it's worth, I expect that the rate at which judges retire or take senior status will be affected by the caliber and qualifications of Trump's initial judicial nominees.

Athlete Morgan Lake, para-swimmer Erraid Davies, and kayaker Rebeka Simon were among the initial 10 nominees.

The semi-finals of the European focused Startup 2.0 contest were held in Madrid on the weekend, an event with 15 of the best/ most promising Web 2.0 startups out of an initial 300 nominees presenting.