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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10 dead, 43 wounded in Chicago's bloody holiday weekend
Three days. Ten bodies. Forty-three others injured in shootings. This was Memorial Day weekend in Chicago, a city bloodied by a 50% increase in homicides in 2012. Police and city officials have scurried to explain what they’re doing to fix the...
Tags: Public Officials, Wars and Interventions, Politics, Memorial Day, Garry McCarthy
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Today's anarchists are just brats in black
The small gangs of destructive knuckleheads who style themselves as anarchists have been the bane of Occupy Wall Street protests this spring. On May Day, the brats in black smashed store windows, bashed cars and fought with police on the streets of...
Tags: Politics, Ron Paul, International Workers' Day, Russia, Elections
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Activists arrested in Chicago, accused of plotting attacks
CHICAGO — Three activists who traveled to Chicago for a NATO summit were accused Saturday of manufacturing Molotov cocktails in a plot to attack President Obama's campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home and other targets.
But defense...Tags: Activism, Politics, Justice System, Garry McCarthy, Lawyers
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NATO summit demonstrations peaceful despite terrorism charges
On the day three men were charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism at President Obama's campaign headquarters and other Chicago-area sites, protests on the first day of the NATO summit on Saturday have been vigorous and noisy but largely peaceful....
Tags: Politics, Same-Sex Marriage, Mental Health, Health, NATO
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Obama moves G-8 summit from Chicago to Camp David
President Obama is moving one of two major world summits from Chicago to the presidential retreat near Washington, with an aide saying the president has decided he wants a more "intimate" setting than his hometown for the May gathering.
The Group of 8...Tags: Camp David, G8, Summits, Chicago Mayor, Chicago City Council
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Trailer released for Obama campaign documentary [Video]
In a campaign thus far dominated by 30-second ads and debate sound bites, President Obama's reelection effort is taking a more expansive approach is it begins making its case to voters in earnest.
Obama 2012 on Thursday released a two-minute trailer...Tags: Politics, Davis Guggenheim, Movies, Republican Party, Tom Hanks
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Rahm Emanuel, Bill Daley to be named Obama campaign co-chairmen
How does President Obama thank his former chiefs of staff for serving in that grueling position? On Wednesday, Obama will give them both another task -- getting him reelected.
In a morning rollout, officials will announce Bill Daley and Rahm Emanuel as...Tags: Politics, Elections, Jan Schakowsky, Chicago Mayor, Barack Obama
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Gay marriage draws support from U.S. mayors led by Villaraigosa
L.A. NOWL.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was among a group of 80 mayors in Washington D.C. on Friday who pledged their support for gay marriage and announced an initiative aimed at expanding marriage rights for same-sex couples.... -
Late-night shows find favor with GOP presidential candidates
Mitt Romney has yet to appear on the Sunday morning political talk shows of three major broadcast networks this fall, but the GOP presidential candidate front-runner has twice found time this year for David Letterman's late-night show, including a turn...Tags: Politics, Republican Party, Michele M. Bachmann, Primaries, Herman Cain
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Michelle Obama disputes stereotype of 'angry black woman'
Michelle Obama says that claims in a new book about her relationship with the president and role in his administration are off base, and feed into the long-held view of critics that she is "some angry black woman" (see video below).
In an interview...Tags: Michelle Obama
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Axelrod criticizes Obama book, says it lacks Obamas' perspectives
In her new book, “The Obamas,” author Jodi Kantor says 33 current and former White House officials spoke to her during her reporting.
One is Chicagoan David Axelrod, who served in the White House but then returned to Chicago, where he works...Tags: Politics, Michelle Obama, Valerie Jarrett, Richard M. Daley, Democratic Party
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