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McCain & Obama Set Up Transition Teams

HeadlineSep 23, 2008

The New York Times reports both Senators John McCain and Barack Obama have already set up transition teams so they will be ready to take up the reins of government if they win in November. Leading McCain’s transition team is William Timmons, a longtime Washington lobbyist whose clients have included the American Petroleum Institute and the mortgage company Freddie Mac. President Clinton’s former chief of staff John Podesta is heading up Obama’s team. Podesta is a former lobbyist and the president of the Center for American Progress.

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