President Trump and his allies have clamored for months that Senate Democrats are stonewalling top-level appointees -- but the president indicated Tuesday that hundreds of vacancies might just go unfilled. As for other positions, Trump has repeatedly blamed Senate Democrats for slowing the confirmation process for his appointees. But the roughly six-dozen confirmations over that period represent only a fraction of the positions Trump has been expected to fill. Excluding judiciary and non-civilian positions, Trump has sent 277 nominations to Capitol Hill, and just 124 have been confirmed, according to the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., the committee's chairman, praised Tillerson for working to "to responsibly review the organizational structure of special envoys."

Source: Fox News August 29, 2017 19:41 UTC