colleen mccain-nelson, and that's it. >> thank you, mr. president. >> there you are. >> some of your long-time advisers that are leaving the white house, new folks are coming in, others taking on new roles in the west wing. as you reshape your team how does that change the dynamic here and impact what you think you can accomplish going forward. >> i just had lunch with pete roush, who is leaving me. that's tough. he says -- right now at least. i love that guy. that will be at loss, although he'll still be in town and hopefully i'll be able to consult with him on an ongoing basis. the fact that john podesta is coming in will be terrific. he may deny it but i've been trying get to him in here for quite some time. he ran my transition office. skid him then if he would join us and at that time he was still feeling he wanted to develop cap and other organizations, but john is a great strategist, he is as good as anybody on domestic policy, and i think he'll be a huge boost to us and give us more band width to deal with more issues. i suspect we

colleen mccain nelson, and that is it. >> thank you, mr. president. a lot of longtime advisers are leaving the white house. new advisors are coming in, or taking on new roles. as you reshape your team, how does that impact what you think you can accomplish, going forward? >> i just had lunch with pete, who is leaving the. that is tough. not right now, at least. i love that guy. that will be a significant loss, although he will still be in town, and hopefully i will be able to consult with him on an ongoing basis. i think jonathan, coming in, will be terrific. he may deny it, but i have been trying to get in him -- in here for some time. he ran my transition office. at that time, i think he was still feeling he wanted to develop other organizations. john is a great strategist. he is as good as anybody on domestic policy. and i think he will be a huge boost to us and give us more bandwidth to deal with more issues. i suspect we may have additional announcements in the new year. there is a natural turnover that takes place. people get tired. people get w

colleen mccain nelson, and that is it. >> thank you, mr. president. a lot of longtime advisers are leaving the white house. new advisors are coming in, or taking on new roles. as you reshape your team, how does that impact what you think you can accomplish, going forward? >> i just had lunch with pete, who is leaving the. that is tough. not right now, at least. i love that guy. that will be a significant loss, although he will still be in town, and hopefully i will be able to consult with him on an ongoing basis. i think jonathan, coming in, will be terrific. he may deny it, but i have been trying to get in him -- in here for some time. he ran my transition office. at that time, i think he was still feeling he wanted to develop other organizations. john is a great strategist. he is as good as anybody on domestic policy. and i think he will be a huge boost to us and give us more bandwidth to deal with more issues. i suspect we may have additional announcements in the new year. there is a natural turnover that takes place. people get tired. people get w

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colleen mccain nelson, and that's it. >> thank you, mr. president. >> there you are. >> some of your longtime advisers are leaving the white house and new folks are coming in. others are taking on new roles in the west wing. as you reshape your team a bit, how does that change the dynamic here and how does it impact what you think you can accomplish going forward? >> you know, i just had lunch with pete rouse, who is leaving me. that's tough. he says not right now, at least. you know, i love that guy. and that will be a significant loss, although he'll still be in town and hopefully i'll be able to consult with him on an ongoing basis. i think the fact john podesta is coming in will be terrific. he may deny it, but i have been trying to get him in here for quite some time. he ran my transition office. i asked him with he was running the transition office if he would be willing to join us, and i think at that time he was wanting to develop other organizations, but john is a great strategist. he is as good as anybody on domestic policy. and

colleen mccain nelson and that is it. >> reporter: thank you mr. president. your long-time advisers are leaving the white house, and new folks are coming in, others are taking on new roles in the west wing. as you reshape your team a bit, how does that change the dynamic here and how does it impact what you think you can accomplish going forward? >> you know i just had lunch with pete, who's leaving me. that's tough. he says not right now at least. no, you know, i love that guy. and that will be a significant loss, although he'll still be in town. hopefully, i'll be able to consult with him on an ongoing basis. i think the fact that john is coming in will be terrific. he may deny it but i've been trying to get him in here for quite some time. he ran my transition office. i asked him when he was running the transition office if he would join us. at that time i think he was still feeling he wanted to develop c.a.p. and other organizations. john is a great strategist. he is as good as anybody on domestic policy. and i think he'll be a huge boost to us and give u