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Michelle Obama Taps Jackie Norris for Chief of Staff
By Al Kamen Incoming first lady Michelle Obama has tapped Jackie Norris, President-elect Barack Obama's Iowa state director to be her chief of staff. Norris, a high school government and history teacher and long-time Iowa Democrat, was former vice president Al Gore's Iowa political director in ...
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Iowa Comes to the East Wing
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... Michelle Obama picks Jackie Norris as her chief of staff. Norris, a former high school government teacher, was the Obama campaign's Iowa state director.       ...

Remainders: Selling Alaska
Ben Smith's Blog — McCain likes the Napolitano pick. (And not just because of his re-elect.) Kamen says Iowa player Jackie Norris will be Michelle's CoS. Beaumont too. Anita Dunn stays out. Manny Diaz is Mentioned. Palin sells Alaska. Ayman Al-Zawahiri, gaffe machine. And one of the great, mad New York election mechanics, Joe Gentili, dies.

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