Summary: It was a week of beginnings and endings.<br> President-elect Donald Trump held his first press conference since July, a raucous event held at Trump Tower in Manhattan. <a href="http://topics.wsj.com/person/H/janet-hook/7636">Janet Hook</a> of the Wall Street Journal is here with a scorecard.<br> And President Obama gave his Farewell Address, a speech before 20,000 adoring supporters in Chicago, where he not only reminded the audience of his accomplishments but urged them to stay involved — and he hinted he expected to as well. <a href="http://washingtonmonthly.com/people/paul-glastris-2/">Paul Glastris</a> of the Washington Monthly summed up the outgoing president’s remarks.<br> Roll Call’s <a href="https://www.brennancenter.org/expert/walter-shapiro">Walter Shapiro</a> gave us a rundown on what’s going on with the Senate confirmation hearings for Trump’s Cabinet nominees.<br> And speaking of farewell addresses, <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/experts/stephen-hess/">Stephen Hess</a> of the Brookings Institution remembers one of history’s finest: that of Dwight Eisenhower, in 1961, when he warned of the “military-industrial complex.” Back then Hess was a speechwriter for the Republican president.<br> <a href="http://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/news/a42027/10-best-lines-obama-farewell-speech/">Photo via Getty Images</a><br> Music used in this podcast:<br> <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/from-the-choirgirl-hotel-mw0000031539">Jackie’s Strength by Tori Amos</a><br> <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/artpop-mw0002573777">Applause by Lady Gaga</a><br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Carrie-Lowell-Sufjan-Stevens/dp/B00S24RSBK">Death With Dignity by Sufjan Stevens</a><br> <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/forever-now-mw0000650657">Goodbye by The Psychedelic Furs</a><br> <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/colour-green-mw0000347708">The End by Sibylle Baier</a><br> <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/journey-through-the-past-mw0000109151">The Cost of Freedom by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young</a><br> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/" rel="license"></a><br> This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/" rel="license">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</a><br>
