The President shall designate one of the members of the Council as Chairman.

Under the Clinton bill a President could easily designate one side in any country's conflict as "terrorist," making its American supporters criminal targets.

Under the bill, the President could designate foreign organizations as "terrorist."

Normally the President can designate which Commissioner will serve as the Chairperson.

The President designates one Commissioner as Chairman of the Commission.

That seemed to increase the likelihood that the President himself would designate his successor.

The counterterrorism legislation would let the President designate foreign groups as "terrorist."

The President shall designate a Chair from among the members of the Panel.

The only exception is for situations Congress and the President jointly designate as emergencies.

According to this tradition, the President designates a person who has support of the majority of deputies in the National Council.