A bipartisan group from the last three White Houses is urging the Trump administration to move forward to immediately begin the post-election transition process. The call from the Centre for Presidential Transition advisory board comes as the General Services Administration has yet to formally recognise Democrat Joe Biden as the president-elect.
That’s a necessary move to free up money for the transition and clear the way for Biden’s team to begin putting in place the transition process at agencies. This was a hard-fought campaign, but history is replete with examples of presidents who emerged from such campaigns to graciously assist their successors, members of the advisory board said in a statement.
The statement was signed by Bush White House chief of staff Josh Bolten and Health and Human Services secretary Michael Leavitt as well as Bill Clinton-era chief of staff Thomas Mack McLarty and Obama Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker.
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