{"id":22313,"date":"2016-11-21T18:54:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T22:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=22313"},"modified":"2016-11-21T18:54:53","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T22:54:53","slug":"dan-takes-a-critical-look-at-the-bbg-as-government-transition-commences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/dan-takes-a-critical-look-at-the-bbg-as-government-transition-commences\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan takes a critical look at the BBG as government transition commences"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7207\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7207\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7207\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/K3VOA12-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"View of the Capitol Building from the roof of the Voice of America on 330 Independence Ave., S.W.\" width=\"625\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/K3VOA12-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/K3VOA12-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/K3VOA12-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/K3VOA12.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of the Capitol Building from the roof of the Voice of America on 330 Independence Ave., S.W.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>SWLing Post <\/em>readers are likely aware that contributor, <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/dan-robinson\" target=\"_blank\">Dan Robinson<\/a>, is the former White House, Congressional and foreign correspondent for the Voice of America.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve just learned that Dan has authored\u00a0a piece questioning the viability of the BBG\u00a0as the US presidential\u00a0transition take place.<\/p>\n<p>Dan&#8217;s commentary titled <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/uscpublicdiplomacy.org\/blog\/whats-president-elect-dowith-bbg\" target=\"_blank\">What&#8217;s A President-elect To Do . . . With the BBG?<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong> appears on the University of Southern California Center on Public Diplomacy site:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uscpublicdiplomacy.org\/blog\/whats-president-elect-dowith-bbg\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/uscpublicdiplomacy.org\/blog\/whats-president-elect-dowith-bbg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I encourage you to read his full article and please direct your\u00a0comments to <a href=\"http:\/\/uscpublicdiplomacy.org\/blog\/whats-president-elect-dowith-bbg\" target=\"_blank\">the original post on the Center on Public Diplomacy website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SWLing Post readers are likely aware that contributor, Dan Robinson, is the former White House, Congressional and foreign correspondent for the Voice of America. I&#8217;ve just learned that Dan has authored\u00a0a piece questioning the viability of the BBG\u00a0as the US presidential\u00a0transition take place. Dan&#8217;s commentary titled &#8220;What&#8217;s A President-elect To Do . . . 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