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Article: Obama and McCain Must Reach Out to Opposition; White House chiefs of staff emphasize governing over partisanship for the future president.(Barack Obama and John McCain)
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- U.S. News & World Report
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- September 16, 2008
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Byline: Kenneth T. Walsh
There's no way to predict how a prospective president will respond to crisis until that person actually takes office and deals with an emergency or a very tough decision, according to White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and three of his predecessors.
The four made their comments Monday night during a Smithsonian Institution-sponsored panel discussion about their experiences at the White House. All the chiefs of staff on the panel--including Ken Duberstein, who served Ronald Reagan, and Leon Panetta and Mack McLarty, who both worked for Bill Clinton--said the job of president is unique, and no amount of preparation or prior ...