Inauguration worries: For Jennifer Griffith, it's all about details

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I can't even imagine. Sounds like fun...sort of.

Inauguration worries: For Jennifer Griffith, it's all about details

By Les Blumenthal | McClatchy Newspapers



WASHINGTON — Jennifer Griffith is planning a formal event for 240,000 people, and with just 10 days to go, her to-do list is four pages long.

At night, she tosses and turns, worrying about security.

Griffith is in the thick of the planning for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony.

As the No. 2 staffer at the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, Griffith has been working 12-hour days helping to select the menu for the inaugural luncheon for a political who's who; designing the inauguration tickets; figuring out how to get Supreme Court justices, Cabinet members, lawmakers, diplomats and hundreds of others on and off the platform; and arranging the departure ceremony for President George W. Bush.

"We are responsible for the lawful, peaceful transfer of power," she said.

Not bad for a 36-year-old who grew up in Olympia, Wash., majored in sociology and French at Spokane's Gonzaga University and thought when she arrived in Washington, D.C., that she'd be here for only two years. That was 13 years ago.

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1. K & R'd n/t

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2. Comment:: "The departure ceremony for Bush should be easy. . . .

How about "Here's your hat and what's your hurry"?
lolol

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3. "Bootin' Ass Express"? nt

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4. One of my dream jobs. Lucky girl. NT