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Emanuel Considered for Obama's Chief of Staff Sen. Barack Obama's campaign has approached Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) "about possibly serving as White House chief of staff," the AP reports."The Democrats who described the Obama campaign's approach to Emanuel spoke on condition of anonymity, saying they were not authorized to be quot Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama Wants Emanuel as Chief of Staff ABC News has learned that President-elect Obama has offered the White House chief of staff job to Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL)."Emanuel, a knowledgeable source tells ABC News, has not yet given his answer. The sharp-tongued, sharp-elbowed, keenly intelligent veteran of the Clinton White Hous Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama picks Clinton alum Emanuel chief of WH staff
(AP) AP - President-elect Barack Obama pivoted quickly to begin filling out his new administration on Wednesday, selecting hard-charging Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel as White House chief of staff while aides stepped up the pace of transition work that had been cloaked in pre-election secrecy. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Emanuel to become Obama chief of staff
(Reuters) Reuters - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama choose Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff on Thursday, spurring Republicans to question why his first key appointment was a Washington insider and fiercely partisan Democrat. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Is Emanuel the Obama Advisor on Tape? President-elect Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, "refused to take questions from reporters this morning about whether he was the 'Obama advisor' named in the criminal complaint against Gov. Rod Blagojevich," the Chicago Sun Times reports.Blagojevch "was caught on tape saying that he Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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'Tough' Emanuel to lead Obama staff U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel will bring a "tough-minded" and "pragmatic" approach to the White House when he becomes President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff, according to people who know the Chicago, native. Home > Rss Directory > General > CNN |
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Obama Offers Chief of Staff to Rahm Emanuel Obama indicates that he will have several Republicans on his team. Home > Rss Directory > General > ABC News |
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Obama's Monday Tomorrow, President-elect Obama will hold a national security meeting in Chicago. Attendees will include: Vice President-elect Biden, Secretary of State designee Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Attorney General designee Eric Holder, Secretary of Homeland Security designee Janet Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama's choice of Emanuel shows switch in tone
(AP) AP - Barack Obama is signaling a shift in tactics and temperament as he moves from candidate to president-elect, picking sharp-elbowed Washington insiders for top posts. His choice Thursday for White House chief of staff — Rahm Emanuel, a fiery partisan who doesn't mind breaking glass and hurting Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Emanuel Mulls Obama Offer Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), quoted by ABC News, on making the choice to possibly be President-elect Obama's White House chief of staff:"I got a lot to weigh: my commitment to my country, my commitment to public service and why I got into this, as well as what I want to do as a parent. I' Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama team backs Emanuel in Blagojevich probe
(Reuters) Reuters - A top adviser to President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday expressed support for chief of staff Rahm Emanuel whose talks with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's office about filling Obama's Senate seat have come into question. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Obama Roasts Rahm In a must-see video clip from 2005, then newly-elected Sen. Barack Obama roasts his future White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel. Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Congresswoman Hangs Up on Obama When President-elect Obama called Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) earlier today, she hung up on him, the Miami Herald reports. A short time later, Rahm Emanuel, Obama's designated chief of staff, called. Ros-Lehtinen hung up on him, too.Explained Ros-Lehtinen: "I thought it w Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama approaches lawmaker about White House post
(AP) AP - Barack Obama's campaign has approached Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel about possibly serving as White House chief of staff, officials said Thursday as the marathon presidential race entered its final, frenzied stretch with a Democratic tilt. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Emanuel Admits Obama Won At a New Yorker conference this morning, Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) -- who has been hiding under his desk during the Democratic presidential race -- acknowledged for the first time that Sen. Barack Obama is the "presumptive nominee" of his party.When moderator Ryan Lizza pointed out that t Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Pelosi Backs Emanuel for Obama's Senate Seat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "is reported to be privately talking about Rep. Rahm Emanuel, the House Democratic Caucus chairman, as the next senator from Illinois if Sen. Barack Obama wins the presidential election," according to Robert Novak."The same source said Pelosi indicated that Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Daschle Still Favorite for Obama Chief of Staff Mike Allen: "If Obama selected Emanuel, it would show he doesn't want a yes-man. The favorite remains former Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), with the dark horse candidate of Bill Daley, Commerce Secretary under President Bill Clinton and campaign manager for Vice President Al Gore." Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Did Clinton Meet With Obama? Though Sen. Hillary Clinton was in Chicago yesterday -- at the same time buzz of her consideration for Secretary of State escalated -- there's no proof she actually met with President-elect Obama.However, there is this hint from the pool report: "Several minutes before President-elect Ob Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama to Meet With McCain President-elect Obama's transition office released this statement:"On Monday, President-elect Barack Obama and Senator John McCain will meet in Chicago at transition headquarters. It's well known that they share an important belief that Americans want and deserve a more effective and eff Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama Meets the Press President-elect Obama flew back to Chicago from Philadelphia today and took some time to visit with the press at the back of his plane. From the pool report filed by Christina Bellantoni of the Washington Times:At 12:15 he came back, saying hello to the regular press he knew Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |