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President Barack Obama has chosen longtime trusted adviser and national security expert Denis McDonough as his fifth chief of staff.

A US appeals court has ruled that President Barack Obama's former chief of staff Rahm Emanuel cannot run to be mayor of Chicago, reports say.

Bruce Reed, who most recently headed up President Barack Obama's deficit commission, was a top domestic policy advisor during the Clinton administration.

President Barack Obama on Thursday picked JP Morgan Chase executive William Daley as his new White House chief of staff as part of a major retooling of his team, a senior White House official said.

President Barack Obama has narrowed the list of candidates for White House chief of staff down to two -- current interim boss Pete Rouse and former Clinton Commerce Secretary William Daley -- according to two senior Democratic sources close to the process.

Rahm Emanuel officially announced Saturday what everyone has known since he quit his job as White House chief of staff, hugged President Barack Obama and returned to Chicago: He's in.

White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has publicly discussed his well-known political ambition: Being mayor of Chicago. Of course, 21-year incumbent Richard Daley will have to retire first. "I hope Mayor Daley seeks reelection; I will work and ...