11.   For decades, the president appointed a regent to govern the capital.

12.   He mentioned his support for abortion rights three times and emphasized that the next president would appoint three or four new justices to the Supreme Court.

13.   How many presidents would appoint an attorney general without knowing his politics, and resolutely support him whatever the political cost?

14.   If any of the judges are civilians, the president would appoint them temporarily as military officers, administration officials said Wednesday.

15.   If the president did not appoint a board, MTA officials said, they would probably go to court to have the issue settled.

16.   In New York, the mayor appoints two board members, and the five borough presidents each appoint one.

17.   In France, presidents appoint prime ministers, who are responsible for the grubby stuff.

18.   Instead, the president has appointed an official government commission that includes his interior and foreign ministers and private secretary to supervise the investigation of the killing.

19.   In Washington bills propose that Congress apologize for slavery and that the president appoint a commission to consider reparations.

20.   It will be overseen by a second chamber, the Council of the Nation, in which the president will appoint a blocking minority.