E. Pendleton James

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Speaker: E. Pendleton James

Date: November 3, 2003

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Pendleton James discusses staffing the executive branch in the period between the election in November 1980 and the early months of the Reagan administration. Serving as the transition's Director of Personnel Management, James illustrates his role in the process, and the way in which Reagan's closest advisors went about selecting key members of the cabinet and the White House staff. He also highlights the many issues involved in staffing a new administration, including vetting possible high-level nominees, following the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, and handling pressures from various factions within the Republican Party.

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