Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Biden Chooses Appointees Well, But Too Slowly

Fifty-one nominees have been designated for key executive-branch positions. That beats Trump’s feeble 2017 showing, but not by enough.

January 19, 2021 at 12:30 PM UTC

By Jonathan Bernstein

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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With only one day remaining until President-elect Joe Biden takes office, it’s time to look at how he’s doing on one of the biggest challenges of the presidency: filling the White House and the executive branch with first-rate people.