Rahm Emanuel

By rss@youtube.com (thepolitico) Gov. Rod Blagojevich says the testimony of senior White House staffers Rahm Emanuel and Valerie Jarrett would prove he is innocent. Author: thepolitico Keywords: politico blago gov blago blagojevich Added: January 23, 2009

By Azaria Jagger What is politics doing on my Page Six? Richard Johnson says Valerie Jarrett is going to replace Rahm Emanuel as White House Chief of Staff, because Obama wants the only White House official with a worse one-year track record than Rahm to take over? Nevermind, I can't even evaluate this, th...

By Edward Harrison That was the day the jubilant Obama campaign announced its transition team. Though many of the names were familiar -- former Bill Clinton chief of staff John Podesta, long-time Obama confidante Valerie Jarrett -- the list was most notable for who was not on it, especially on the economic s...

President Obama and First Lady Michelle invited family and close Chicago friends to Thursday's Nobel Peace Prize ceremonies in Oslo. Also traveling with the president are top advisors Valerie Jarrett and David Axelrod. Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel did not accompany the president to Oslo.

By Domenico Montanaro The Washington Post writes that “Obama continues to support the concept of a government-sponsored insurance option, but ‘he is not demanding that it is in" the final legislation, Valerie Jarrett, a senior White House adviser, said on NBC's ‘Meet the Press.’ ‘He thinks it's the best poss...

By Andrew Malcolm CNN's "State of the Union With John King": White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), CNN's Mary Matalin and James Carville, ex-Clinton Chief of Staff John Podesta, former Reagan Chief of Staff Ken D...

By The Huffington Post News Editors Two of the administration's highest-profile members of the Jewish faith plan to miss the dinner. Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel doesn't plan to attend and Axelrod expects to be in Chicago with his family. Obama's move won quick praise from the National Jewish Democratic Council.

By The Huffington Post News Team totally mundane event PLUS dollop of "insider" jargon ("upper press") x URGENT LEADER ("Spotted!") = START CLEARING OUT ROOM AT THE NEWSEUM, FOR THIS STUFF!!! Here's a bonus: This is a five second video of Valerie Jarrett handing Rahm Emanuel a Blackberry. It was picked up by Politico, as...

By Howard Martin(howmartin@msn.com) Emanuel’s task will be further complicated by what is a fairly top-heavy White House. David Axelrod, Obama’s longtime political strategist, Valerie Jarrett, a close friend and counsellor, and Pete Rouse, Obama’s Senate chief of staff, are “senior advisers,” a title that in the White H...

By Ewen MacAskill in Chicago The inner circle in the White House will be overwhelmingly Chicagoan. His two chief advisers, David Axelrod and Valerie Jarrett, are both long-time associates from the city, and his White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, is another.

By Brent Baker GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Well, yesterday, Charlie, the President-elect talked about the blend in the cabinet. It’s all but done now, you see, it had a nod to both governing and politics. In the White House, the President-elect has core Chicago loyalists -- Rahm Emanuel, Valerie Jarrett, D...