William Timmons

William Timmons Sr. is a veteran Washington D.C. lobbyist and head of John McCain's presidential transition team.¹ His past lobbying activities have been targeted by critics, particularly his involvement in a 1990s effort to ease international sanctions against the regime of Saddam Hussein after the first Gulf War.²

Fast Facts

1. Has led transition teams for Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush¹
2. Has lobbied for Freddie Mac¹
3. In the 1990s, lobbied to ease sanctions against Iraq³
4. Obama campaign has called him a "consummate insider"¹

Transition Team?

A presidential transition team manages the transfer of power between the outgoing administration and a new one. Due to the complexity of the task, such teams are organized preemptively, before the outcomes of elections are known.¹

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