Talk:Steven Chu

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 Definition:  U.S. Secretary of Energy in the Obama administration. Nobel Prize recipient in Physics. [d] [e]
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Nominated/appointed?

What does a president do: he nominates a candidate and Senate appoints him/her, or does the president appoint directly?--Paul Wormer 16:57, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution says that the president "shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint" officials. So I guess the answer to your question is: both. The president alone "nominates," and then the president and the Senate cooperatively "appoint." I don't know, though, whether the president has to sign a second piece of paper to make the "appointment" final, or whether it just automatically happens when the Senate votes to confirm the nominee. Bruce M.Tindall 17:22, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
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