nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor3|||Wait, Wait, Don't Inaugurate: Why The U.S. Takes So Long To Change Presidents||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||How is it that the Brits can have a newly elected prime minister meeting with the queen to form a new government within a day or two, but Americans need 10 or 11 weeks to install a new crew?

The stage at the U.S. Capitol ahead of President Barack Obama's second inauguration in 2013.



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Wait, Wait, Don't Inaugurate: Why The U.S. Takes So Long To Change Presidents

How is it that the Brits can have a newly elected prime minister meeting with the queen to form a new government within a day or two, but Americans need 10 or 11 weeks to install a new crew?