Report: Obama Administration Missing Many Top Appointees

The Obama administration is missing most of its top appointees, according to a new report.

The New York Times reported Monday that only 43 percent of the more than 500 senior positions requiring Senate confirmation have been filled.

The vacancies span just about every major agency and include positions that would be critical to President Obama's ambitious agenda.

According to the report, the president is still missing an assistant treasury secretary for financial markets; a director for the Agency for International Development; and even his Army secretary.

He also has not yet filled several top national security posts.

The slow movement could be a reflection of the trouble Obama had earlier in the year confirming a number of top agency officials. Problems over taxes and other issues derailed some of those nominations.

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