Assertion: president's power | /r/CapableOf | appoint official
Facets:
value: to the various departments
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to lesser offices
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Powers of the President Alone: commander in chief of the armed forces; commission officers of the armed forces; grant reprieves and pardons for federal offenses (except impeachment); convene Congress into special session; receive ambassadors; take care that the laws be faithfully executed; make use of the "executive power" of the office, such as the veto power; give an annual State of the Union Address to Congress; appoint officials to lesser offices.
text: The president has the power to appoint officials to the various departments and so can try to politicize them, with the goal of having the staff reflect the policy positions of the president.