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James J. Zogby, the president of the Arab American Institute, sends along an interesting column he has written exploring the wary reaction among Arab Americans to the selection of Rahm Emanuel (right) as the next White House chief of staff. Zogby shoots down many of the wilder rumors about...
WASHINGTON – 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.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Rep. Rahm Emanuel, a combative Illinois Democrat, has accepted President-elect Barack Obama's offer to become White House chief of staff in the new administration, according to two sources on Capitol Hill.
President-elect Barack Obama offered Sen. Hillary Clinton the position of... Rahm Emanuel Roasts Stephen Colbert White House chief of staff-designate Rahm Emanuel took some time off from the transition Friday night to... Obama 60 Minutes Interview: Talks National Security, Financial Cri...
Carlsbad, CA (special) -- Rahm Emanuel, who recently left his position as a White House senior adviser for investment banking and a Northwestern University teaching position, told major donors to the United Jewish Federation of San Diego County on Dec. 9 that no president since Harry S. T...
On the contrary, Rahm Emanuel is an attention-getter who inspired Bradley Whitford's character Josh Lyman, the charming, cocky, super-smart deputy chief of staff on "The West Wing." His brother, Ari Emanuel, founded a Hollywood talent agency and was one of the inpirations for Jeremy P...
Right after I moved back to Chicago a little over a year ago, I realized had no idea who my House member was. This was exciting. It was time to play the House of Representatives lottery! I went to the House site, I entered my info and ... I busted. I found out my representative was Rahm Emanuel.
Upon leaving the White House Emanuel went to the private sector and worked for investment banking firm Dresdner Kleinwort in Chicago. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or “Freddie Mac,” from 2000 until 2004. As a managing partner at Dre...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel, a combative member of the Democratic congressional leadership, is in line to become President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff, party sources said. Emanuel served in the Clinton administration and helped engineer the 2006 Democratic ta...
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Newsweek did a very interesting piece on Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), who is the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). Rep. Emanuel served as a top White House advisor to President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1998, first as Assistant to the President for Political...
Barack Obama's fellow Chicagoan Rahm Emanuel, the hard-charging No. 3 Democrat in the House, has accepted the job White House chief of staff, Democratic officials said Thursday. Liz Sidoti reported from Washington. Associated Press Special Correspondent David Espo in Washington and A...
Comments (0) E-mail article Print view Rahm Emanuel weighs Obama chief-of-staff offer The New York Times Obama named John Podesta, a former Clinton White House chief of staff, to lead his transition team along with Valerie Jarrett, a longtime adviser, and Pete Rouse, his Sena...
THE NEXT CHIEF OF STAFF? Rahm Emanuel mulls chief of staff role in Barack Obama's administration Read the latest: Emanuel accepts job as White House chief of staff for Obama By Naftali Bendavid | Washington Bureau November 6, 2008
• He volunteered with the Israeli army. During the first Gulf War, he did a stint as a civilian volunteer with the Israel Defense Forces, rust-proofing brakes on a base in northern Israel. • He once sent a rotten dead fish to a political enemy. In the Clinton administration, his take-no-priso...
You are here: HomeNewsNews TopicsUS Election 2008 Rahm Emanuel: A profile of Barack Obama's enforcer Rahm Emanuel, who has been chosen by Barack Obama to be the White House chief of staff, is known by colleagues as "Rahmbo" - a nickname reflecting his reputation as one of the most ferocio...
Throughout the presidential campaign, Republicans took delight in portraying Barack Obama as all talk and no action. But his naming of Illinois Congressman Rahm Emanuel as his White House chief of staff shows that the Democratic President-elect has no intention of letting that charge...
Update Barack Obama picks Clinton alum Rep. Rahm Emanuel as chief of White House staff Emanuel, a former Clinton White House adviser, has risen fast in Democratic circles since being elected to Congress just six years ago. Another key post is national security adviser.
As chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Emanuel was the relentless architect of the Democrats' House takeover in 2006, and some Republicans said the choice sends a partisan signal at time when Obama is promising a new politics.
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Rahm Emanuel, Architect for Democratic Rebound : NPR Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) prepares to speak to the media after the Democratic Caucus elections, Nov. 16, 2006. Getty Images
Fun Fact: Those of you who are big West Wing fans (such as yours truly) would be interested to know that Josh Lyman's character is based on Rahm Emanuel. Josh Lyman was one of my favorite characters on The West Wing! I'll be looking forward to learning more about Congressman Emanuel, but this...
CHICAGO, IL (March 15, 2006) - Additional photos from Monday's groundbreaking for a $10 million expansion of the emergency department at Swedish Covenant Hospital. Rendering of the new waiting area as part of the $10 million expansion of the emergency department at Swedish Covenant Ho...
Elected to Congress in 2002, Emanuel quickly became a power on Capitol Hill, serving as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for the 2006 elections. After Democrats gained 30 seats, Emanuel, a legendary fund-raiser, became the party's golden boy.
CHICAGO - Pugnacious Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel is stepping into the ring to be Barack Obama's White House chief of staff. But Democrats hailed the choice. Meanwhile, Obama himself will make his first visit as President-elect to the White House on Monday.
The tentative agreement capped a tense day of back room negotiations in which Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, joined by White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, sought to attract the support of enough Republicans to give the ... Read more...
When talking about his son's clout within the incoming Obama administration, Benjamin Emanuel was quoted as saying: "obviously he'll influence the president to be pro-Israel. Why wouldn't he? What is he, an Arab? He's not going to be mopping floors at the White House."
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Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) (R) speaks with Representative Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) during a Chicago 2016 Olympics rally in Chicago in this June 6, 2008 file photo. Emanuel, a member of the Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives, has been off...
US Representative, District 5 Rahm Emanuel Democrat 1319 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Phone: 202-225-4061 Fax: 202/225-5603 3742 West Irving Park Road Chicago, IL 60618 Phone: 773-267-5926 Fax: 773-267-6583
BBC NEWS | Americas | Profile: Rahm Emanuel Rahm Emanuel has served in the US Congress since 2003 Some Washington observers have portrayed Mr Emanuel as the "bad cop" to Mr Obama's "good cop". He was appointed to serve as Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2006.
Rahm Emanuel, 47, poses for a portrait in Washington D.C. on Nov. 14, 2007. Emanuel is a leader in the U.S. Congress committed to addressing the challenges facing families across the nation. Since taking the oath of office in 2003, he has been a strong, effective voice for Chicago, Ill. in the U.S. Con...
The appointments of Emanuel, Rouse, Schiliro, Messina, as well as those of long-ago Hill denizen Ron Klain as Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s chief of staff and former Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spokesman Robert Gibbs as White House press secretary, may well p...
That first person up in the top left corner---- yes, that is the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama (yay!) Bottom left corner is one of my favorite people, Rahm Emanuel-- now the White House Chief of Staff.
This afternoon, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel signed a memorandum sent to all agencies and departments to stop all pending regulations until a legal and policy review can be conducted by the Obama administration," the ... Read more...(Yahoo!)
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Ahead of a White House meeting with Bush on Monday, Obama appointed Illinois congressman Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff, making the pugnacious master of political wiles the first senior official to join the next administration.
martinboz posted a photo: Here's the courtyard of Brave New Films headquarters, in beautiful Culver City, CA. People are setting up the presentation for Tom Geoghegan (pronounced "gay gun"), a longtime labor lawyer and candidate to replace Rahm Emanuel in Illinois.