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Rahm Emanuel reportedly talked with Blagojevich team about Obama's Senate seat

 

Published 12/13/2008 at L.A. Times - Politics

The president-elect's choice for chief of staff offered a list of acceptable names, sources say, but there is no indication he tried to cut a deal. > Rahm Emanuel, President-elect Barack Obama's choice as White House chief of staff, talked with Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich's administration about who would replace Obama in the U.S. Senate and cited a list of people who would be acceptable, sources said. (link)

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