And if he had his Cabinet Secretaries in place then those Agency/Department head could select the other underlings they want in their organization and The President will then appoint them. It goes like this: First Step 1, Then Step 2, THEN Step 3. It's a process. I know progs aren't too keen of process, they just want instant rainbow sprinkles on their Pepsi float and a side order of Unicorn rainbow farts STAT!