Part II: Planning, Governance, and Policy Making
Chapter 4 Why Health Care Came First, and Other Observations on Barack Obama’s Early Domestic Policy Agenda
“What’s the first thing you’re going to do as president?,” Malia Obama asked her father soon after his election as the 44th President of the United States. In reply, the elder Obama reaffirmed his election night commitment that a puppy would be joining the First Family when it moved into the White House. In fact, Malia was pushing further. “I’m serious, like the first political thing?”1
Barack Obama’s oldest daughter was pressing her president-elect father on a question that often surrounds incoming executives and even presidential candidates – what is going ...
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