Trump 'landing teams' preparing to hit State, Justice, Defense Departments

[Free Vulcan]

Members of President-elect Trump's transition team announced Wednesday evening that they will soon unveil a series of "landing teams" designed to prepare federal agencies as the government changes hands.

"It consists of folks that will go to those agencies ... and help to facilitate the transitions," said Sean Spicer, spokesman for the Republican National Committee, on a conference call with reporters.

Spicer said the transition team will announce the make-up of four national security teams on Thursday. Respectively, the teams will focus on preparing the State Department, Justice Department, Defense Department and National Security Council for the incoming Trump administration...

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[Right_in_Virginia]

Trump Transition To Announce Landing Teams To Liaise With Govt Agencies
Talking Points Memo, Nov. 16, 2016, Esme Cribb

In a conference call with reporters Wednesday evening, Donald Trump spokesman Jason Miller said that the President-elect's transition team will make an announcement Thursday about the first wave of "landing teams" that will interact with federal agencies.

Miller told reporters that the first of four "waves" of landing teams will be announced on Thursday morning and will focus on national security, liaising with the State Department, the Justice Department, the Defense Department, and the National Security Council.

The following three waves will address economic agencies, domestic policy, and independent agencies, Miller said.

He announced that any lobbyists in the executive branch under Trump will be banned from lobbying for five years after leaving their jobs with the administration, a plan which the President-elect touted on the campaign trail in October.


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[Right_in_Virginia]

I do like the metaphor.