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Presidential Travel Abroad in the Final Two Years of a Second Term

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By: Martha Joynt Kumar As President Obama comes to his final year in office, reporters and others are interested in how he might spend his time in those months.(1) Looking at the patterns of his predecessors, we can see the interest two-term presidents have had in travel, especially when they experienced losses in the congressional elections occurring in their sixth… Read more »

Martha Kumar on Meet the Press

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July 26th, the NBC News program Meet the Pressaired an interview with WHTP Director Martha Kumar in its “Press Pass” segnment. Chuck Todd’s interview covered Professor Kumar’s new book on the 2008-2009 Bush/Obama transition, Before the Oath, and her role working for the White House Transition Project.