mack mclarty along with clay johnson has been a leader of the aspen institute's project for reforming the appointment process. lisa brown was part of a congressional and obama administration appointment reform effort. group a a knowledgeable quick talk about the transition. our program today comes about through the work of many institutions and individuals. from aelists have come distance to speak about presidential transitions, and we thank josh bolten, mack mclarty, chris, and clay johnson. thank you for the support of the moody foundation and for your and jamie william's interest in our project. we appreciated and also the work you are doing in the presidential leadership program that you support. next, the george w. bush presidential center has provided our space as well as significant logistical support. we thank you as well as your colleagues and his director of operation just instilling, the stirling,- justine the director of events. finally, we thank the staff of the white house transition project, have worked for our onorerence and h analytical programs. let us begin with jos

as clay johnson know so well, that is only a start. and chris does as well, you need to get the deputy and assistant secretaries in place. so that was our experience. i think on the national security front, before 9/11, before the terrorist events we have seen and are so troubled about and unsettled about, it was a different landscape although there were abilities there. -- vulnerabilities there. i do think that there was a -- that worked during the campaign, able to make the transition. the final point, and josh has alluded to is, the real two hallmarks of the transition other than being open, prepared, start early, which i think now has become much better understood, and much more accepted. recently i've spoken with the , business roundtable he has been active with your projects, speaking at the national governors association this weekend. i just think it is much better understood how critical transitions are. it is that moment in a 77 day period where there is so much to be done, so many various stakeholders to respond to and it is

as clay johnson knows so well, that is only a start.ou have got to get the deputy and assistant secretaries in place. that was our experience. on the national security front, it was before 9/11, before terrorist events we had seen and been so troubled about. it was a different landscape. you hadnk the fact that a very experienced team in national security that it worked during the campaign, they were able to make that transition. ,n a final point i would say and joss has alluded to it -- josh has alluded to it, the two landmarks of a transition other than start early with have become much better understood and accepted. i've recently spoken with a business roundtable. i think it's just much better understood how critical transitions are. it is that moment in a 77 day period where there is so much to be done, so many various stakeholders to respond to and it is a moment where it is essential to have it from campaigning to governing, that is really what -- that is the hallmark of any successful transition. you have a policy agenda that is

clay johnson started planning to walk into the white house even before governor bush announced he was going to run for the white house. that is part of a reflection of then governor bush and george w. bush's commitment, long-standing personal commitment to making sure things are done sure things , properly. he not only walked into the building with george w. bush, he walked out of the building with a different part of the presidency. he was deputy director of management. the same job that lisa brown was assigned to by president obama and put a twist on it to make her key performance officer. i will let her talk about what that means. chris lu, like clay johnson was the executive director of the obama transition planning group which means he was the guy who started way back before obama was a presumptive candidate. he was the guy whose job it was to make sure they knew what they on.e doing if they w is the deputy secretary of labor. if you know anything about the agency, they are the guys who make the building run. the person whose job it is to make sure the ambitions of the secretary

clay johnson started planning to walk into the white house even before governor bush announced he was going to run for the white house. that is part of the reflection of then governor bush and george w. bush's commitment, larceny personal commitment to making sure things are done properly. he not only walked into the building with george w. bush, he walked out of the building with george w. bush and walked out of the building with a different part of the presidency. he was deputy director of management. the management and management. the same job that lisa brown was assigned to buy president obama and put a twist on it to make her key performance officer. i will let her talk about what that means. chris lu, like johnson was the executive director of the obama transition planning group which means he was the guy who started way back before obama was a presumptive candidate. he was the guy who major to know what they were doing if they one and he is now midway through the administration, has walked out of the building on his own into the executive branch and if you anything about the ag

clay johnson started planning to walk into the white house even before governor bush announced he wasoing to run for the white house. he was deputy director of management. the management and management. the same job that lisa brown was assigned to buy president obama and put a twist on it to make her key performance officer. i will let her talk about what that means. chris lu, likely johnson was the executive director of the obama transition planning group which means he was the guy who started way back before obama was a presumptive candidate. he was the guy who major to know what they were doing if they one and he is now midway through the m initiation has walked out of the building on his own into the executive branch and if you anything about the agency, -- he is the person whose job it is to make sure ambitions of the secretary and ambitions of the president are the actual output of the agency. what i plan to do is ask a series of questions of each individual and author will have a check to, tell them because they all have a similar expenses. -- experiences. you have all walked i

clay? give it the great compromiser. lyndon johnson. >> as the senator, overrated. >> my? >> master of the senate. >> [inaudible] >> indispensable player with the civil-rights movement. >> senator sherman of kentucky. >> role model with great conviction. >> ted kennedy. and to he was passionate about almost everything but in many ways the most accomplished candidate never was attorney general but the most accomplished candidate least two just mentioned ted kennedy's name. >> when i made my first speech on the senate floor about american history he came over and solicited and got co-sponsors within one day he knew exactly how to make the senate work senator robert byrd? >> during the presidential campaign governor christie got all over senator rubio for repeating himself but a in your book you say one nice start boring myself to tears i know i am beginning to drive the message home. you think redundancy is a

it was mostly republicans in the house, but we talked about clay, but santorum and camp and nancy johnson and tim hutchinson -- there are so many names. people were really trying to figure out what would work. from our perspective on the republican side, and i think a lot of democrats felt this way, too -- the two best anti-poverty programs that have gotten americans out of poverty for generation our work and marriage basically. what we have done is hinge assistance to poor people are >> "washington journal" continues. that's an oversimplification, but we felt that was the problem and we wanted to fix it. so many policies never got off the ground cause of cbo or omb. ok? i'm sorry if you work for one of those organizations. this is an example. when we did the community renewal act, which was the follow-up to this, and the president signed that in 2000 and said it would bring the benefits of capitalism to the poor -- it was the only signing ceremony i ever attended. i went over there for that. we had this bill that was designed to renew distressed communities around the country. a lot of p

clay. >> guest: he's a great compromiser. >> host: lyndon baines johnson. it was mike mansfield. >> host: everett dirksen? >> guest: indispensable player >> guest: indispensable player who knew when to oppose and join up in an unsung hero in the civil rights movement. >> senator john cooper of kentucky. >> role model, great conviction, very smart. >> ted kennedy. >> p. was one that many books have been written. you and i both knew that in many ways i think the most accomplished kennedy, he never got to be president, never was attorney general, but i think in almost every way the most accomplished, certainly the most accomplished senator and maybe the most accomplished we used to laugh about going to dinners and all you have to do is mention the name when i made my first speech on the senate floor about american history he came over unsolicited, took my bill and got 20 democratic cosponsors within a day. so she knew exactly how to make the senate work. >> it could have well been. during the presidential campaign this year, governor christie got a hold of sen

trayvon johnson and rayshard blue, murdered, gunned down together at the corner of 34th and clay placeheast. there were a lot of bullets fired off here friday night. neighbors say they heard dozens of shots in this intersection. hear now from daniel the tow truck driver. >> what kind of person do you think would do something like this? >> got to be a real heartless person, man. know what i'm saying? somebody that wasn't thinking about what a death would do to a family. >> reporter: trayvon johnson was 27 years old. he had a hearing disability. he graduated from the ideal academy. he did two years of college in arkansas and later worked for a trash company and did some handyman jobs in the neighborhood. lorraine h >> it's a tragedy the way he died. i don't really understand what happened or why did it happen. you know, everybody's just very hurt. >> reporter: so far, no motive, no suspects in this case. a double murder. jim, back to you. >> thanks, pat. >>> and yet another deadly shooting. this one happened just a few hours ago. it marks the 89th murder in the city this year. shots rang

johnson has now been charged. and anotr man elijah mcgee, who police say stormed the bank with a shotgun, has also been charged. also new at four --- the nfl clears packer players clay matthews and julius peppers in a doping investigation. investigation.also cleared pittsburgh linebacker, james harrison. it justast week when matthews and peppers agreedo interviews after an al-jazer report on perfornabce enhancing drugs.the n-f-l says it's still investigating a fourth player--free-agent mike neal. 3 chief meterologist drew burgoyne joins us now to get you ready for your tonight: partly cloudy with chance for a ower lakeside. little chilly with lows in the upper 50s. wind: ne 5-15 mph. thursday: sun and clouds, comfortable and a little breezy this afternoon. cooler with highs in the upper 60s. wind: ne 10-20 mph.labor day weekend: lots of sun sticks around for friday with temps reaching the lower 70s. stays sunny to start the holiday weekend with clouds returning for labor day itself but rain chances holding off for now. warming up slightly starting in the middle 70s saturday and right around 800 for sunda monday will feature highs back into the lower 80s. lower 80s.b

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