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Obama Starts Shaping His Team, Offers Rahm Emanuel Top Spot

The jubilant crowd of an estimated quarter-million people had barely cleared out of the victory party in Chicago when President-elect Barack Obama began shaping his administration. Obama offered the job of chief of staff to Rep. Rahm Emanuel, ABC News' Jake Tapper reported today. Emanuel, a veteran of President Clinton's administration and a close political ally of Obama's from Chicago, hasn't immediately given his answer. Obama likes that Emanuel knows policy, knows politics and knows... Full Story
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