white house, knocking facts left and right is just not a very good way to govern. i don t think they realize that this does have implications when it comes to policy and risk. you need to be able to trust the words of the president. he needs to be able to speak accurately. you worked on the presidential transition and helped fill a lot of jobs in the george h.w. bush white house. you need to have the quantity, also. you need to fill the job slots. this white house has a lot of empty slots. how much impact does that have? i think the situation we are going through now is quite unprecedented. we clearly saw many, many good, highly qualified people competing for the top jobs, anxious to serve in the top jobs, later leaving and going out and enhanced in their career. people are asking the question whether or not getting caught up in this is going to a help the country and serve in an effective way and b what comes