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Before the Oath: How George W. Bush and Barack Obama Managed a Transfer of Power
February 19, 2019 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Martha Kumar is the director of the White House Transition Project, which is a nonpartisan effort by presidency scholars to provide information on presidential transitions and White House operations. She is also a retired professor of political science at Towson University. Previous publications include, Managing the President’s Message: The White House Communication Operation; White House World: Transitions, Organization, and Office Operations and Portraying the President: The White House and the News Media with Michael Grossman.”