Richard V. Allen

The Leader will be a person with the management skills to coordinate the activities of the Team, and to assure that the…

— Richard V. Allen

Our system provides for a winner to take office on January 20th, and he is expected to take command of the ship…

— Richard V. Allen

Unlike the Reagan and Bush Administrations, with but one exception, the Clinton administration failed to reach out to Republicans in creating a…

— Richard V. Allen

A skilled Transition Team leader will set the general goals for a Transition, and then confer on the other team leaders working…

— Richard V. Allen

Favoritism' is always a factor, and pressure always build for the appointment of friends of influential supporters of the President, or for…

— Richard V. Allen

The 'transition' involves the transfer of power from one president to another. In recent times, the incoming President has designated a Director…

— Richard V. Allen

Naming a transition team varies with the intentions of the candidate; some candidates have been careful to name a transition team as…

— Richard V. Allen

The Reagan Administration, generally regarded as having conducted the most successful Transition of modern times, had managed during the election campaign to…

— Richard V. Allen

At the same time, the Reagan Administration assured that the main elements of policymaking were in the hands of competent loyalists, thus…

— Richard V. Allen

If you love your children, if you love your country, if you love the God of love, clear your hands from slaves,…

— Richard V. Allen

Usually, those persons closest to the incoming President will be the main leaders of the Transition effort. They are most familiar with…

— Richard V. Allen

Temporary teams of trusted people are generally sent to all Departments and to major agencies of government to assist in planning and…

— Richard V. Allen

A Bush Administration will, I believe, enjoy a better relationship with the new Congress, although President-elect Bush will be faced with real…

— Richard V. Allen

Explaining the $1000 in cash and two watches he was given by two Japanese journalists after he helped arrange a private interview…

— Richard V. Allen

I would argue that the next President, either Bush or Gore, should strike a 'national' posture, exhibiting generosity toward the defeated opponent,…

— Richard V. Allen

Jimmy Carter began his planning in the early summer of 1976, Ronald Reagan a year prior. The Clinton Administration, elected in 1992,…

— Richard V. Allen

If it is widely assumed that the new President cannot move forward simply because of a narrow victory, there can easily develop…

— Richard V. Allen

Certainly, the Bush Administration will rely in the first instance on its friends, since it would be both illogical and counterproductive to…

— Richard V. Allen

The choice of personnel, perhaps the most important choice (because 'people are policy'), never proceeds according to plan, but there have been…

— Richard V. Allen

In this context, I believe it is an imperative for the new President to select and install his team as quickly as…

— Richard V. Allen

This land, which we have watered with our tears and our blood, is now our mother country, and we are well satisfied…

— Richard V. Allen

The single most important aspect of the Transition involves the selection of personnel to manage the transfer of responsibility. The law provides…

— Richard V. Allen

In general, any incoming administration must carefully examine ('vet') its nominees for high public office.

— Richard V. Allen

We who have been born and nurtured on this soil, we, whose habits, manners, and customs are the same in common with…

— Richard V. Allen