11.   He said he expects tough questioning when his Cabinet nominees appear before Senate hearings, but he also expects them all to be confirmed.

12.   He would finish directing the presidential transition effort, serving as a gatekeeper for prospective Cabinet nominees.

13.   Herman is the only Cabinet nominee whose hearing has not been scheduled, and she is the only African-American woman Clinton selected for a Cabinet post.

14.   Herman followed standard form for Cabinet nominees.

15.   Like other Cabinet nominees, he must be confirmed by the Senate.

16.   President John F. Kennedy once asked me where I had learned in advance his pending choice of a Cabinet nominee.

17.   President-elect George W. Bush on Thursday defended three controversial Cabinet nominees facing tough Senate scrutiny and dispatched a top lieutenant to quell efforts to derail their confirmations.

18.   She also says she will vote against confirming Cabinet nominees John Ashcroft as attorney general and Gale Norton as secretary of the interior.

19.   Significantly, there are also legal questions about whether a candidate could name someone as a Cabinet nominee before being elected.