claim: says barack obama is getting his nominees confirmed "faster than president (george w.) bush was at the same time in his second term."
author: mitch mcconnell
evidence_1: feb 9, 2017 ... donald trump says it is taking longer to get his appointments confirmed than any  other president. ... only george w bush, who like mr trump won the presidency  without securing a plurality of the popular vote, had his full team in place within  weeks of his inauguration, following john ashcroft's confirmation ...
evidence_2: feb 9, 2017 ... the senate confirmation process for president trump's cabinet picks has been  unusually slow. trump blames democrats; democrats say they are pushing back  against "unqualified" nominees.
evidence_3: confirmed on. day 1. 12. march 17. 8. w. bush 7. obama 6. 4. clinton 3. trump 2.  h.w. bush 0. 0. feb. march. april. inauguration day. day 100. just two of trump's  cabinet chiefs were approved on inauguration day, fewer than his three most  recent predecessors. the process has been mired in procedural delays forced by  ...
evidence_4: jan 13, 2017 ... president trump's cabinet is shaping up to have a smaller percentage of women  and nonwhites than the first cabinets of barack obama, george w. ..... madeleine  k. albright served as secretary of state during mr. clinton's second term, and  janet reno served as attorney general during both of his terms.
evidence_5: with president bill clinton term-limited, the democrats nominated vice president  al gore. bush's campaign emphasized their own candidate's character in  contrast with that of clinton, who had been embroiled in the lewinsky scandal for  much of his second term. in the presidential debates, bush exceeded the  expectations ...