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Richard V. Allen

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

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Donna Grant

"There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration."

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Donna Grant

"Not once in six years did I make it to the office by 9 on the dot."

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Donna Grant

"I wake about 1 a.m. I'm in the office by 2 a.m. We're on the air at 5."

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Donna Grant

"A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants."

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Donna Grant

"It must be a terrible pressure to have to go to the office."

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Donna Grant

"Know which officials are voted into office and which are appointed, and by whom."

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Donna Grant

"In the Astronaut Office we're never totally out of training, we always keep our hand in it. But after five years, things have changed and so it's been good to get back into the flow and relearn a lot of things."

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Donna Grant

"When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were."

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Donna Grant

"When you're out of office, you can be a statesman."

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Donna Grant

"I wanted a theory that would allow one to live outside the office with the same philosophy one uses inside it."

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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 assuring a successful launch and a highly successful first year."

Time

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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, burden not your children or your country with them."

Love

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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 other Americans, can never consent to - be the bearers of the redress offered by that Society to that much afflicted."

Society

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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 a sense of unease and uncertainty, adversely affecting every sector of American society, our economy and the perception of other nations."

Society

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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 new team, and eventually paid a political price."

Republican

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

Office

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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, but proceeding with determination to implement an agenda."

Determination

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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 much as a year in advance."

Intention

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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 possible, and this does not imply that he must or should appoint members of the 'other' party to his Cabinet, which could contribute to inaction and inefficiency."

Inaction

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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 of the Transition, a team leader, to oversee and administer the orderly transfer of power."

Power

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