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Winning Isn’t Enough. The Next President Needs to be a Doer.

HE NEXT PRESIDENT WILL HAVE A LOT TO DO. EACH AND EVERY executive agency, down to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, will need a deep cleaning. Unidentified fluids will have to be expunged from the carpet in Scott Pruitt’s soundproof room; rancid oils that have accumulated in the crevices of the Interior Department will have to be scrubbed; and whatever’s been going on at Rick Perry’s Energy Department — he’s been awfully quiet, hasn’t

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