A time of change

摘要

"It's kind of exciting," one government worker said at the end of December as the nation's capital prepared for the first change of administration in eight years—and many agreed, regardless of affiliation. After the closest presidential election in living memory (and the third-closest in U.S. history), Washington, D.C., was waiting to see what the Bush administration will do in the aerospace field. Issues on the table included a review of national defense, decisions on a Marine tilt-rotor aircraft, and interest in a planned airline merger.