As President Trump continues to contest the results of the election, President-elect Joe Biden continues to shape his administration, which will take office on Jan. 20. But there is still no formal transition underway, a far cry from the last several times new presidents have taken power.
In 2009, just before then-President-elect Barack Obama was to deliver his inaugural address, members of the outgoing Bush administration’s national security team sat down with the people who were about to take their place.
Stephen Hadley, who was George W. Bush’s national security adviser, remembers they were set to talk about the threat posed by Iran. He recounted the meeting at a webinar last month sponsored by the nonpartisan Center for Presidential Transition.
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