After Donald Trump's surprising win, Pentagon launches immediate transition: With only 68 days before the inauguration, transition teams from the campaign of president-elect Donald Trump are headed to federal departments, immediately developing plans and priorities for how to take over operations at each agency.
That work is especially complicated at the Defense Department, where military missions continue in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and elsewhere despite the change in power in Washington, D.C.
“We're ready today to transition on big programs, on the budget, on the way forward,” Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said late last month during a panel discussion with other top defense officials. “There's no luxury of having a couple of days after the inaugural to figure things out.”
