White House officials accommodate Donald Trump, Hilary Clinton teams

Washington: Top White House officials met member of a Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton campaigns to “ensure a well-spoken transition to a subsequent administration” that will take bureau on Jan 20, 2017.

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Democratic presidential claimant Hillary Clinton speaks during a debate eventuality in Reno. Pic/AFP

This is a initial time that a President Barack Obama supervision has hold a assembly with members of both campaigns to plead a send of energy that will take place after a Nov presidential election, White House Deputy Press Secretary Jennifer Friedman told EFE news on Thursday.

The assembly was chaired by Obama’s Cabinet chief, Denis McDonough, and was attended by 3 member from any of a presidential campaigns, Friedman said.

Representing Clinton were former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, a conduct of a Democratic candidate’s transition team; and dual other tip debate advisers, Ed Meier and Ann O’Leary.

Trump’s debate was represented by a magnate’s transition group chief, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie; a executive executive of that team, Rich Bagger; and a conduct of presidential appointments for a campaign, Bill Hagerty, according to a White House.

The pacific send of energy from one administration to another is a post of U.S. democracy and a Obama administration is committed to substantiating and executing a transition devise that minimizes obstacles and maintains continuity, pronounced Friedman in an e-mail sent to EFE.

Among a 14 White House officials who attended a entertainment were National Intelligence Director James Clapper; Obama’s inhabitant confidence adviser, Susan Rice; a confidant to a boss on fighting terrorism, Lisa Monaco, and Obama’s authorised counsel, Neil Eggleston.

Discussed during a assembly were a “administration’s transition activities to date, including an overview of group formulation efforts, … transition group support, puncture preparedness, crew onboarding processes and arriving milestones,” Friedman said.

This is a second assembly of a White House Transition Coordinating Council combined by Obama in May, after an initial basic assembly on Jun 9, though it is “the initial time” that member of “both campaigns” have been on hand, she added. 

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