<![CDATA[Obama's Transition Team Will Employ 450, Have $12 Million Budget]]>

1.0 link 143048 <![CDATA[Obama's Transition Team Will Employ 450, Have $12 Million Budget]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/11/obamas-transition-team-wi_n_143048.html At a briefing before well over 100 reporters, John Podesta, the co-chair of Barack Obama's White House transition, announced three priorities for the interim period and laid out just how comprehensive the effort would be.

The transition team will operate off a budget of $12 million ($5.2 million has been appropriated by Congress, the rest will be raised separately through individual donations of under $5,000), employ 450 people and operate out of offices in Washington D.C. and Chicago. Already, Podesta reiterated,...

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