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Pentagon Has Been Preparing for Transition for Last Six Months

Frank Wolfe

Monday, November 9th, 2020

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Pentagon Has Been Preparing for Transition for Last Six Months

Aerial of the Pentagon, the Department of Defense headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington DC, with I-395 freeway on the left, and the Air Force Memorial up middle.

While Emily Murphy, Pres. Trump's political appointee who heads the General Services Administration has not yet signed a letter permitting access to government files and funds to ease the transition for Pres.-elect Joe Biden, an informal transition process has started, an official at the Center for a New Amercian Security (CNAS) said on Nov. 9. "Despite this hiccup, the Trump administration has actually been a pretty good steward of the Presidential Transition Act," said Loren DeJonge Schulman, a adjunct senior…

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