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Bush Upped Political Appointments, Now Wants Bureaucrats
Started by washingtonindependent · 7 months ago
Earlier I noted it’s worth keeping an eye on last-ditch “burrowing” efforts by the executive branch, where political appointees slide into career positions, presumably to carry through the White House policy of a previous administration even after a new presi
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