Profane, cantankerous, polarizing, and strong-willed, he’s perhaps the most out-sized personality to occupy the office of the chief of staff; and now, he’s gone. Rahm Emanuel, who has been President Obama’s right hand man for the last two years, is leaving his White House digs with his eye on the mayor’s office in his hometown of Chicago. John remembers some of Rahm’s best moments.
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