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Charles Walcott explains that in the early days, the presidency was a tiny operation, with one "secretary" comprising the entire professional White House staff.  Now the staff alone, at 450 more or less, is like a medium-sized business.

Two Virginia Tech experts on national security and White House operations are available to provide comment on the ongoing news stemming from reported ‘turmoil’ at the National Security Council, including National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s resignation.

According to Virginia Tech professor Mark Orr, scientists are just beginning to develop means of testing how effective social media content is at radically changing our way of thinking.

Seeking an expert to provide insight on how couples can cope with relationship difficultly and financial stress?

“This is in part consistent with his ‘draining the swamp’ rhetoric,” said David Bieri, an associate professor of urban affairs in Virginia Tech’s College of Architecture and Urban Studies. He noted that the chairman of CEA can be viewed as the figurehead of views in mainstream academic economics, particularly policy-oriented macroeconomics.

Wornie Reed, director of the Race and Social Policy Center at Virginia Tech marched alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. during the 1960s civil rights movement.

The advertising landscape has changed so much, Super Bowl advertising alone may not be enough to engage consumers, says Virginia Tech marketing expert Rajesh Bagchi.

A Virginia Tech Carilion expert in infectious diseases is able to provide context following a series of media reports noting that this year’s influenza season has reached 'epidemic' levels.

The Virginia Tech study includes suggestions on how to change the structure of youth football practices to reduce players’ exposure to serious head impacts.

The best measurement is whether participants continue to stay motivated and involved in their cause when they return home, says Marian B. Mollin, an associate professor at Virginia Tech who studies the history of social movements.

A 'predictable conflict between doing it quickly and doing it well' is seen in the speed with which President Trump’s administration implemented his executive order on immigration, Virginia Tech experts say.

Friday’s meeting between British Prime Minister Theresa May and President Donald Trump at the White House might signal the beginning of a new era of Anglo-American relations on global trade, a Virginia Tech expert says.

Patrick Roberts says that historical track records show that problems ignored tend to fester and explode into wars, nuclear proliferation, political instability, and tarnished presidential legacies

'My hope and confidence in the system is that we will see unexpected benefits from this,' said David Bieri, an associate professor of urban affairs the College of Architecture and Urban Studies.

With final preparations underway to inaugurate Donald J. Trump as the nation’s 45th president, Virginia Tech has experts ready to provide insight in a variety of subject areas.