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US Congressman Rahm Emanuel, who served as Clinton's adviser after volunteering for IDF service during Gulf War, may be appointed chief of staff if Democratic presidential candidate wins elections Orly Azoulay Israel may earn more White House representation than it bargained for, in the event ...
blogs.abcnews.com - 11/5/2008
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8:30 AM ABC News has learned that President-elect Obama has offered the White House chief of staff job to Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill. Emanuel, a ...
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Obama Offers Rahm Emanuel Job of White House Chief of Staff
corner.nationalreview.com - 11/5/2008
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corner.nationalreview.com —
Obama's apparent selection of Rahm Emanuel for White
House chief of staff is an extremely disconcerting (if...
not wholly surprising) first indication on the "which Obama will we get" question. It suggests both that he wants to be ruthless and partisan ...
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The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... the famous 1993 Rose Garden signing ceremony for the Oslo Peace Accord, he also served as a civilian volunteer in the Israeli Defence Force. See? Obama really is good for the Jews! ...
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Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... the famous 1993 Rose Garden signing ceremony for the Oslo Peace Accord, he also served as a civilian volunteer in the Israeli Defence Force. See? Obama really is good for the Jews! ...
Will the Arab World Take Issue With Rahm's Israeli Roots and Pro-Israel Views?
Political Punch —
... named after a fallen combatant named Rahamim. In the Israel newspaper Ma'ariv, Emanuel's father, Dr. Benjamin Emanuel said, "Obviously he will influence the president to be pro-Israel. Why wouldn't he be? What is he, an Arab? He's not going to clean the floors of the White House." Rahm Emanuel headed Bill Clinton's finance committee during the Arkansas governor's first presidential run, but he left to be a civilian volunteer for the Israel Defense Forces during the 1991 Gulf War. He rust-proofed brakes in one of Israel's northern bases . Ali Abunimah of the ...
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from President-elect Barack Obama " I
am pleased to announce that my good friend, ...
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