Meet Peter Rouse

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Pete Rouse
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Pete Rouse

Pete Rouse in the Oval Office
Senior Advisor to the President
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 20, 2009
Serving with David Axelrod and Valerie Jarrett
President Barack Obama
Preceded by Barry Jackson
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Single
Alma mater Colby College
London School of Economics
John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
Occupation Senior Advisor to President Obama
Peter M. Rouse (born 1946) is Senior Adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama,<1> having served as a co-chairman of the Obama-Biden Transition Project.<2>
Rouse had been chief of staff to South Dakota Senator Tom Daschle, the former majority leader, and was planning to retire after Daschle lost in 2004. However, still in 2004, Rouse was contacted by a law school friend of Obama's and chose to work for Obama as his Senate chief of staff.<3><4>
On September 30, 2010, The New York Times reported that Rouse would replace Rahm Emanuel as the White House Chief of Staff.<5>



Contents
1 Biography
1.1 Role as Senior Adviser
2 References
3 External links
Biography

Overall, Rouse has worked on Capitol Hill for more than 30 years, since 1971. According to Amy Sullivan (Washington Monthly), Rouse came to be known as "the 101st Senator" thanks to his knowledge and skills.
He is a 1968 graduate of Colby College, a graduate of the London School of Economics, and is a 1977 graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School, where he received a Master of Public Administration.
Rouse helped prepare a memo, "The Strategic Plan," for Obama's first year in the Senate.<6> Helping Obama navigate Senate politics and yet remain an outsider, Rouse worked with Obama and Senator Russell Feingold on strengthening ethics reform legislation.<7> Similarly, he suggested that Obama speak with Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Joseph I. Lieberman in the early stages of exploring his presidential candidacy. Rouse also is credited with persuading Obama to vote against the nomination of John G. Roberts, Jr., who is now Chief Justice of the United States (Bacon 2007).
As with all congressional staff, Rouse's compensation is public information. He has received salary payments above $140,000 during his years with Senator Obama.<8>
On October 15, 2001, Rouse was the Daschle staffperson to call the police about a letter that tested positive for anthrax powder (Boyer 2001) Twenty of Daschle's staff subsequently tested positive for exposure to anthrax spores; it is not known if Rouse was exposed along with his workmates.<9>
Rouse had worked since 1985 for Daschle, whom he met as a fellow legislative assistant for Senator James Abourezk (D-SD).<10>...

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1. He's single. Wonder how Fox will play that up. nt

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2. do they have pictures of him playing softball?

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9. With ten-year-olds? nt

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3. Hey he worked for Daschle that's good enough from me.

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4. 'Rouse said

the Deputy Chiefs of Staff, Jim Messina and Mona Sutphen, "who run the place from day to day," report to him. Asked about his overall portfolio, he said "I fix things." He described himself as one of several problem fixers in a collaborative environment.<11>

The Rolling Stone described Rouse as a low profile, calm and legislatively connected manager, quoting one "top Democratic strategist" as saying that "Rouse's the one who brought 'no drama' to Obama. His enforcement makes it work." <12>'

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5. I like!

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6. This does seem encouraging.

:bounce: !

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7. He sounds good.

I think he's got the right stuff.

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8. They need to release a better picture of him.

Does not look like a pleasant fellow at all, in that one.

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10. So he certainly remembers the anthrax. Interesting.