Presidential appointees in the executive branch fill the top policymaking positions in government, and about a thousand of them require
A) U.S. House of Representatives confirmation.
B) U.S. Supreme Court confirmation.
C) confirmation by two-thirds of both the House and the Senate.
D) U.S. Senate confirmation.
E) approval from a majority of the other department secretaries.
D
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