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Hand-Off

February 15, 2023 · 6:48 am ET · Leave a Comment

New York Times: “Fourteen years ago, Mr. Bush’s team recorded its counsel for the incoming administration of President Barack Obama in 40 classified memos by the National Security Council, part of what has widely been hailed by both sides as a model transition between presidents of different parties. For the first time, those memos have now been declassified, offering a window into how the world appeared to a departing administration after eight years marked by war, terrorism and upheaval.”

“Thirty of the memos are reproduced in Hand-Off: The Foreign Policy George W. Bush Passed to Barack Obama, a new book edited by Stephen Hadley, Mr. Bush’s last national security adviser, along with three members of his staff.”

Hand-Off
The Foreign Policy George W. Bush Passed to Barack Obama
by Stephen J. Hadley et al. · Brookings Institution Press · 2023
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