Zoe Baird was blocked from becoming Attorney General, and there have been battles over sub-Cabinet positions.

With preservation on the department's B list, environmentalists charge that sub-Cabinet positions in the department are being filled by Watt-Hodel clones.

Numerous sub-Cabinet positions remain unfilled.

But White House officials said questions about compliance with immigration and tax laws were now being routinely asked of all candidates for Cabinet and sub-Cabinet positions.

There is already some turnover in sub-cabinet positions.

She was appointed to a sub-cabinet position in the Carter administration.

Lynn Cutler, deputy chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, is also under consideration for a top sub-Cabinet position.

Four years ago, Mr. Clinton at times expressed an ambivalent attitude toward appointing minority members to Cabinet and sub-Cabinet positions.

Some Republicans may yet win sub-cabinet positions.

The intensity of opposition mustered for a sub-Cabinet position demonstrated the rising power of the environmental issue on Capitol Hill.