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Presidential transition's race to the finish

The process of staffing up the Trump Administration will continue long after this Friday's inauguration. There are some 4000 political jobs to be filled — and 1100 appointments have to be confirmed by the Senate. No modern president has had more than one-third of those finished — after a year in office.

By Warren Olney • Jan 13, 2017 • 1 min read

The process of staffing up the Trump Administration will continue long after this Friday's inauguration. There are some 4000 political jobs to be filled — and 1100 appointments have to be confirmed by the Senate. No modern president has had more than one-third of those finished — after a year in office. That's according to David Eagles, who directs the nonpartisan, nonprofit Center for Presidential Transition at the Partnership for Public Service.