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    To the Point

    The bumpy road to inauguration

    Despite the flap over recounts and Donald Trump's unproven allegations of voter fraud, his transition team continues the interview process for some 4000 presidential appointees. But the team is leaking contradictory stories. The President-elect is tweeting unpredictably just like he did in his campaign.

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    By Warren Olney • Nov 28, 2016 • 1 min read

    Despite the flap over recounts and Donald Trump's unproven allegations of voter fraud, his transition team continues the interview process for some 4000 presidential appointees. But the team is leaking contradictory stories. The President-elect is tweeting unpredictably just like he did in his campaign. Some early appointments may not have been vetted deeply enough to survive the brutal confirmation demands of Democrats in the Senate. Others are well-known members of the moneyed elite savaged for months by Trump and his top advisor, Steve Bannon. We hear about those and other challenges facing Trump's promise to change the ways of Washington in his first 100 days.

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    2 of 3
    Trump's cabinet and the art of the deal
    1. 1:51Trump makes an indirect case for a recount
    2. 8:46The bumpy road to inaugurationYou’re reading this
    3. 42:01Cuba, without Fidel Castro, enters the Trump Era
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Paul von Zielbauer

      Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Nancy Cook

      senior national political correspondent for Bloomberg

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      Jane Mayer

      New Yorker

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      Robert Rizzi

      Steptoe & Johnson

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    Trump's cabinet and the art of the deal
    1. 1:51Trump makes an indirect case for a recount
    2. 8:46The bumpy road to inaugurationYou’re reading this
    3. 42:01Cuba, without Fidel Castro, enters the Trump Era
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