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The trouble with governing from myth rather than fact is that you break that which isnƵt broken and end up with the very opposite of what you set out to achieve.

The personnel decisions of the Trump administration are driven by the myth Ƶ repeated throughout the campaign and earlier in conservative circles Ƶ that the bureaucracy is an extra branch of government, powerful, left-leaning and determined to impede change.

Llewellyn King is the executive producer and host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS. He wrote this column for .

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