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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Lets Key Offices Gather Dust Amid Slowest Transition in Decades
New York Times:
WASHINGTON At the State Department, the normally pulsating hub of executive offices is hushed and virtually empty. At the Pentagon, military missions in some of the worlds most troubled places are being run by a defense secretary who has none of his top team in place. And at departments like Treasury, Commerce and Health and Human Services, many senior posts remain vacant even as the agencies have been handed enormous tasks like remaking the nations health insurance system.
From the moment he was sworn in, President Trump faced a personnel crisis, starting virtually from scratch in lining up senior leaders for his administration. Seven weeks into the job, he is still hobbled by the slow start, months behind where experts in both parties, even some inside his administration, say he should be.
The lag has left critical power centers in his government devoid of leadership as he struggles to advance policy priorities on issues like health care, taxes, trade and environmental regulation. Many federal agencies and offices are in states of suspended animation, their career civil servants answering to temporary bosses whose influence and staying power are unclear, and who are sometimes awaiting policy direction from appointees whose arrival may be weeks or months away.
Theres no question this is the slowest transition in decades, said R. Nicholas Burns, a former State Department official who served under presidents of both parties and has been involved in transitions since 1988. It is a very, very big mistake. The world continues it doesnt respect transitions.
From the moment he was sworn in, President Trump faced a personnel crisis, starting virtually from scratch in lining up senior leaders for his administration. Seven weeks into the job, he is still hobbled by the slow start, months behind where experts in both parties, even some inside his administration, say he should be.
The lag has left critical power centers in his government devoid of leadership as he struggles to advance policy priorities on issues like health care, taxes, trade and environmental regulation. Many federal agencies and offices are in states of suspended animation, their career civil servants answering to temporary bosses whose influence and staying power are unclear, and who are sometimes awaiting policy direction from appointees whose arrival may be weeks or months away.
Theres no question this is the slowest transition in decades, said R. Nicholas Burns, a former State Department official who served under presidents of both parties and has been involved in transitions since 1988. It is a very, very big mistake. The world continues it doesnt respect transitions.
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Trump Lets Key Offices Gather Dust Amid Slowest Transition in Decades (Original Post)
kstewart33
Mar 2017
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SHRED
(28,136 posts)1. He couldn't care less
He's got golf to play.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)4. It is not "slow". it is deliberate.
Wait till that comes around to bite him.
Initech
(100,063 posts)2. President in name only.
The racists, white supremacists and fascists are the ones who are really in charge now. But no let's blame the non existent "Deep State" bullshit for this.
UTUSN
(70,683 posts)3. Sounds good, the fewer/later DRUMPF appointees the better!1
Wounded Bear
(58,647 posts)5. All part of the master plan...
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to dismantle our government.
kstewart33
(6,551 posts)6. Bingo. nt