Rahm Emanuel is the mayor of Chicago. He was elected on Feb. 22, 2011. Emanuel is former White House chief of staff under President Barack Obama. Emanuel represented the 5th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2003 until his resignation in 2009 when he took his position in the Obama Administration. He graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1981 with a Liberal Arts degree, and received an M.A. in Speech and Communication from Northwestern University in 1985. He is married with three children.
Rahm Emanuel is the mayor of Chicago. He was elected on Feb. 22, 2011. Emanuel is former White House chief of staff under President Barack Obama. Emanuel represented the 5th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2003 until his resignation in 2009 when he took his position in the Obama Administration. He graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1981 with a Liberal Arts degree, and received an M.A. in Speech and Communication from Northwestern University in 1985. He is married with three children.
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White House Chief of Staff, Bill Daley, Resigns
CNN/KTLAWASHINGTON, DC -- President Barack Obama announced Monday that White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley is stepping down and will be replaced by Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew. Two senior Obama aides told CNN that Daley will stay in his...Tags: Richard Cordray, Al Gore, U.S. Senate, North American Free Trade Agreement, Chicago Mayor
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President Obama Kicks Off 2012 Re-election Campaign
CNNWASHINGTON -- With a short video on BarackObama.com, the sitting president of the United States has launched his bid for re-election. Using what apparently will be one of his campaign slogans, "It begins with us," the campaign has told supporters that...Tags: Joe Biden, Charity, Elections, Heads of State, Karl Rove
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Court Halts Printing of Ballots Without Rahm Emanuel's Name
Associated PressCHICAGO -- The Illinois Supreme Court has halted the Chicago board of elections from printing any mayoral ballots without Rahm Emanuel's name on them. The high court is still determining whether to consider an appeal filed by Emanuel after a state...Tags: Chicago Elections, Chicago, Trials, Elections, Chicago Mayor
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Oprah Debuts OWN Network
Associated PressLOS ANGELES -- Oprah Winfrey wants to better the world in her own way, and that absolutely, positively excludes a political career. The media powerhouse who threw her clout behind Barack Obama's presidential candidacy says she will never seek office....Tags: Clubs and Associations, Documentary (genre), Entertainment, Paul McCartney, Marathon
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White House Used Clinton to Get Sestak Out of PA Senate Race
Associated PressWASHINGTON -- The White House used former President Bill Clinton to offer an unpaid advisory position to Rep. Joe Sestak in hopes of persuading him to drop his Pennsylvania Senate primary challenge to President Barack Obama's favored candidate,...Tags: Bill Clinton, Elections, Eric Holder, Heads of State, Lawyers
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Obama Makes Last-Minute Appeal for Health Care Votes
KTLA NewsWASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama made a last-minute personal appeal to Democrats to pass landmark health care legislation Saturday as the House opened debate on a bill to expand coverage to millions of the uninsured. Emerging from a closed-door...Tags: Insurance, Steny H. Hoyer, Abortion Issue, Services and Shopping, Bart Stupak
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President Obama Reaches Across Party Lines for China Ambassador
Associated PressWASHINGTON- With a reach across the political divide for Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman as ambassador to China, President Barack Obama may have sidelined for now a potentially formidable Republican moderate and possible White House challenger in 2012. Yet...Tags: Environmental Issues, Global Change, Politics, Motorcycling, Same-Sex Marriage
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IOC, USOC deal stokes talk of new Chicago Olympics bid
Tribune reportersThe conversation about Chicago hosting a summer Olympics is rising from the ashes after one of the biggest hurdles to another U.S.-based games was overcome this week. The International Olympic Committee and the U.S. Olympic Committee agreed on Thursday...Tags: Richard M. Daley, Chicago, White House, NATO Summit, International Olympic Committee
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NATO fears
I have to agree with Lou Raizin's column in the May 24 Perspective section about how the media hurt Chicago in advance of the NATO gathering. There were so many negative reports in all media about traffic, CTA, Metra, road closings and demonstrators...Tags: Chicago Mayor, NATO, Chicago Transit Authority, Metra
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Poll: City residents don't want speed cameras
Mayor Rahm Emanuel billed his soon-to-be-launched speed camera program as being about child safety and not raising cash, but a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows most Chicago voters are skeptical of the mayor's rationale and don't want the devices. The survey...
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Emanuel talks tough on parking
Mayor Rahm Emanuel stuck with the tough talk on Chicago's parking meter deal Thursday, pledging to fight a new bill for $22 million the meter leasing company recently sent the city for lost revenue.
Emanuel has positioned himself as a staunch opponent of...Tags: Chicago City Hall, Illinois Governor, Economy, Business and Finance, Pat Quinn, Lawyers
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Fitzgerald succession pick is a political hot potato
Dick Durbin and Barack Obama have a political problem involving their choice of the next federal prosecutor in Chicago, now that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald is leaving the office.
And it won't go away before the November elections.
There's been a...Tags: Edward M. Burke, Chicago Mayor, Patrick Fitzgerald, Jeremiah Wright, Politics
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