Mullen's Transition Team Poised to Brief Obama Camp

By Christopher J. Castelli / November 10, 2008 at 5:00 AM
A transition team stood up in July by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen is poised to brief President-elect Barack Obama's camp on a broad range of issues, Inside the Pentagon has learned. Marine Brig. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie and his 13 staff members have been working to prepare Mullen to advise the incoming president on current operations, the budget and policy matters. The general anticipates the Obama camp will soon designate a transition coordinator for the...

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