How Do Bureaucrats Decide To Stay Or Go Under New Administration?

By Steve Goldstein
Published: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 - 2:37pm
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The Trump administration’s approach is unlike what most Americans in or out of government have ever seen. And it’s especially causing indecision among those in government who disagree with that approach.

Should they stay and work under an administration they’re troubled by to try to effect change, or should they steer clear and move into the private sector?

To learn more, we spoke with Bill Antholis, CEO and director of the Miller Center at the University of Virginia and the former managing director of the Brookings Institution, and Dan Schnur, a political scientist at University of Southern California and University of California-Berkeley.

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