Barack Obama eyes Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff [View All]

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Source: AP

WASHINGTON — Officials say Barack Obama’s campaign has approached Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel about possibly serving as White House chief of staff if Obama wins the presidential election. They spoke of the contact Thursday as the marathon presidential race entered its final, frenzied stretch with a Democratic tilt.

The Democrats who described the contact with Emanuel spoke on condition of anonymity, saying they were not authorized to be quoted by name.

Emanuel worked in President Clinton’s White House and is now a member of the House Democratic leadership. An aide, Sarah Feinberg, said in an e-mail that he ‘‘has not been contacted to take a job in an administration that does not yet exist.’’

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