WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush and Barack Obama on Monday will hold their first substantive talks about the nation’s daunting priorities as the transition to a Democratic administration accelerates. Bush, soon to return to Texas after two terms in office, ordered employees on Thursday to ensure a smooth transfer of power to Obama. The transition is a delicate dance in which the White House keeps the president-elect in the loop, and even solicits his input, but the decisions remain solely the president’s. On Monday’s discussion list for the current and future presidents: the financial crisis and the war in Iraq. “We face economic challenges that will not pause to let a new president settle in,” Bush told hundreds of employees from the presidential bureaucracy.—-Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]