Those discussions were disclosed as Mr. Trump’s transition pivoted on Thursday, trying to leave behind the disarray of its first week for an accelerated schedule of official meetings, including Mr. Trump’s first face-to-face meeting with a world leader, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan. These so-called landing teams will make contact with the Pentagon and the State Department and begin the transfer of control to the new administration. For people in the vast government bureaucracy, it will be the first time since Mr. Trump’s victory last week that they have heard from a representative of the incoming administration. Mr. Trump’s aides have dismissed reports that the transition was in flux. But Mr. Trump’s staff appeared to be working on a more methodical schedule of interviewing candidates.

Source: New York Times November 17, 2016 14:59 UTC