Preparing for the Obama Era
Bush Officials and President-Elect Working Together On Pressing Issues
A uniformed Secret Service officer moves a traffic cone to block off a barricade to the new Obama transition headquarters in Washington.
A uniformed Secret Service officer moves a traffic cone to block off a barricade to the new Obama transition headquarters in Washington. (By Dominic Bracco Ii -- The Washington Post)
Faced with one of the most important transfers of presidential power in American history -- amid wars on two fronts, the looming threat of terrorism at home and a full-blown economic crisis -- the outgoing Bush administration and the incoming Obama team have responded with exceptional cooperation on those issues, aides and outside experts say.
Bush Officials and President-Elect Working Together On Pressing Issues
A uniformed Secret Service officer moves a traffic cone to block off a barricade to the new Obama transition headquarters in Washington.
A uniformed Secret Service officer moves a traffic cone to block off a barricade to the new Obama transition headquarters in Washington. (By Dominic Bracco Ii -- The Washington Post)
Faced with one of the most important transfers of presidential power in American history -- amid wars on two fronts, the looming threat of terrorism at home and a full-blown economic crisis -- the outgoing Bush administration and the incoming Obama team have responded with exceptional cooperation on those issues, aides and outside experts say.