A federal employee who was appointed by the president with the explicit task of carrying out the president's political and partisan agenda would be known as which of the following?

A. A political appointee
B. A merit system appointee
C. A Pendleton Act employee
D. A civil service employee
E. A career civil servant


Answer: A

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