Statecraft

How Obama Can Facilitate a National Security Transition

From now until Jan. 20, 2017, Obama administration national security officials need to do everything they can to ensure that the incoming team is ready to take over the government and continue the important work of protecting the security of the United States. The Donald Trump team needs to be ready on Day One for anything that might arise.

In October 2008, a month before the U.S. election, the Honorable Kenneth L. Wainstein came to The Heritage Foundation and gave a lecture titled “Protecting Against the Terrorist Threat: Continuing the Fight and Confronting the Challenges Ahead.”

Wainstein, who at the time was the serving as assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, gave important suggestions on the transition of power between administrations regarding national security officials.