presidential transition

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  11/8/2022
  

  How the Baton is Passed (Review)

  by Lindsay M. Chervinsky

  David Marchick has headed the Partnership for Public Service's Center for Presidential Transition; he is the author of a new book that presents his practical knowledge of what is needed for the transfer of power to run smoothly between one administration and the next. 

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• 2/7/2021
  

  You Call This a Peaceful Transfer of Power?

  by Philip Gerard

  "If we watched this scene play out in Argentina, Turkey, Ukraine, or Thailand, we would bemoan the failure of democracy, write about a fragile government battling rebel insurgents in its own capital, make dire predictions about how long such a government could stand."

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• 1/24/2021
  

  George Washington Resisted the Siren Call of Absolute Power

  by Jan-Benedict Steenkamp

  George Washington is celebrated for his refusal to continue past two terms as President. But his earlier actions in refusing the leadership of a military coup against the Continental Congress in 1783 put the new nation on track to have civilian leadership under law. 

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• SOURCE: NPR
  12/15/2020
  

  As Biden Prepares To Take Office, FDR's Presidential Transition Offers Lessons

  Historian Robert Dallek interprets Franklin Roosevelt's core challenge at inauguration as producing a program of reform to stabilize the economy without indulging the currents of authoritarianism sweeping Europe. 

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• SOURCE: University of Virginia
  12/1/2020
  

  How the 1968 Presidential Transition Compares to Today’s

  by Marc Selverstone

  Taped recordings from the Lyndon Johnson White House reveal the conflict between LBJ and Richard Nixon over the degree to which a president-elect could expect to influence policy before being inaugurated. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  11/16/2020
  

  We Dare Not Repeat the Mistakes of 9/11

  by Jennifer Rubin

  The Washington Post columnist argues that the delayed transition to the George W. Bush presidency in 2000 and 2001 limited the nation's preparedness for a terrorist attack. 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at The Washington Post
  11/13/2020
  

  Trump Continuing to Fight on Could Cost American Lives, Jobs and More

  by Eric Rauchway

  Herbert Hoover's refusal to support FDR's policy agenda during his lame duck period delayed economic recovery at the cost of jobs, homes and lives. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  10/28/2020
  

  The Transition Is Already Happening (And It’s Going Fine So Far)

  by Kate Shaw and Michael Eric Herz

  "The civil service—technocratic, objective, neutral, and around for the long haul—is an insurance policy in many ways, of which its central role in the transition is just one."

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  9/23/2020
  

  Trump Won’t Commit to ‘Peaceful’ Post-Election Transfer of Power

  Historian Julian Zelizer says Trump has recently spoken aloud what many fear he has been thinking: he may refuse to hand over power willingly. 

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• SOURCE: Politico
  3/16/2020
  

  Before Trump’s Inauguration, a Warning: ‘The Worst Influenza Pandemic Since 1918'

  In a tabletop exercise days before an untested new president took power, officials briefed the incoming administration on a scenario remarkably like the one he faces now.