Subject: RE: Executive Order regarding Transition
From: "Dan Pfeiffer" <[email-masked]>
To: "Anita Dunn" <[email-masked]>, "Chris Lu" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "John Podesta" <[email-masked]>, "Melody Barnes" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 11:30:38 -0500

Yeah Dana can send them to anita and I

Thanks

 

From: Anita Dunn 
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 11:28 AM
To: Chris Lu; Dan Pfeiffer
Cc: John Podesta; Melody Barnes
Subject: RE: Executive Order regarding Transition

Dana should send them to  Dan and me, that is correct.  

Thanks, Chris.  Let us know.

From: Chris Lu 
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 11:18 AM
To: Anita Dunn; Dan Pfeiffer
Cc: John Podesta; Melody Barnes
Subject: FW: Executive Order regarding Transition

Anita and Dan --

Just wanted to bring this email to your attention.  It's from Blake
Gottesman, the deputy WH COS.  Perhaps as early as tomorrow, Bush will
sign an executive order creating a transition coordinating council that
will be chaired by Josh Bolten, with Gottesman as the vice-chair.
Additional members will be named from different agencies.  The WH will
not talk about who they're talking to in either campaign/transition, nor
will they give any details about what activities they're taking on our
behalf, like processing security clearances.  But it's possible that
this could generate some press inquiries, so I wanted to bring this to
you.  Also, the WH would like to know who Dana Perino should send press
questions to.  Unless you say otherwise, I'll say it's the two of you.

Before the actual executive order is issued, the WH will give us a few
hours notice.

--Chris

 

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From: Gottesman, Blake L. [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Tue 10/7/2008 11:48 PM
To: Chris Lu; [email-masked]; Melody Barnes
Cc: Isakson, Curtis M.
Subject: Executive Order regarding Transition

[Close Hold]

John / Chris / Melody:

I am writing to let you know that we intend to announce on Wednesday or
Thursday an EO creating a Transition Coordinating Council.  (This is an
update to the EO President Clinton signed in November 2000.)  The Press
Office would like to use the signing of the EO as an opportunity to talk
about the importance the President/Administration attach to a smooth and
effective presidential transition and to talk about some of our efforts
to date. 

I would like to visit with one of you tomorrow morning to review what we
expect the Press Office to say, especially about our contact with the
transition representatives of the two candidates.  Both teams are
understandably sensitive to appearing presumptuous, and we have been
careful to characterize the contacts in a broad and vague enough way
that we don't expect them to be troublesome for you.

I'll be available at 202-456-5897 and would be happy to run through the
idea with one of you and to get a quick general update about whether
you're getting what you need, etc.  Should be a quick call.

Thx,

Blake