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But i think that one of the things that some of the people who were preparing the transition saw that donald trump as a candidate and as a businessman has a particular style. and un of the things we know about that is that he has a relatively short attention span and can easily get distracted with things. and i think one of the reasons they felt there was a need for a very strong chief of staff and pretty clear lines of authority was to help brig some discipline. >> jeff, when you look at the number of positions which have not been filled. according to washington post you have 500 key position...

It even had a name. it was spokes of the wheel. each person was a spoke going in to the president. everyone since then has abandoned it because it created a factionalized white house that was more like lord of the flies. >> dan, i talked to a number of former chiefs of staffs, republicans and democrats, from recent administrations who have all said, you need to kind of -- everybody needs to know what their leans aanes are, what the portfolios are. you can't have various people who have the president's ear. everybody needs to stay in their lane. >> certainly there are management techniques of h...