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White House Transition Interviews

These White House transition interviews discuss the organization of the White House staff in the presidential administrations from Richard M. Nixon through William Jefferson Clinton. They also discuss the transitions between the presidential administrations, and the successes and lessons learned during these periods. This project was funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and associated with the American Enterprise Institute's initiative entitled Transition to Governing. Read more about the White House Transition Project.

Featured Transition Interview

Courtesy of Bush Presidential Library and Museum, http://www.bushlibrary.gov/W. Henson Moore
Served as one of three American commissioners for the Panama Canal Consultative Commission; 1987-1988; Deputy Secretary, Department of Energy; 1989-1992; Deputy Chief of Staff to President George H. W. Bush 1992-1993, Bush Administration.

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