<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Rahm Emanuel: News &amp; Videos about Rahm Emanuel - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Rahm_Emanuel</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Rahm Emanuel from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:42:50 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Rahm Emanuel: News &amp; Videos about Rahm Emanuel - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Rahm_Emanuel</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Rahm Emanuel from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Obama should focus on jobs, not 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Afghanistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/02/dabashi.afghan.troops.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/02/dabashi.afghan.troops.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The recent suicidal violence in Pakistan coincides with a growing concern that President Obama might be tempted by the same folly that drove President Bush and massively increase the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan -- by up to 65,000 if he were to listen to some of his military advisers.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Cheney: Obama seems 'afraid' to make decision on Afghanistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/22/cheney.obama/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/22/cheney.obama/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>After dialing back his attacks on President Obama's foreign policy, former Vice President Dick Cheney says the administration has damaged U.S. ties with key allies, dangerously wavered in Afghanistan, undermined progress in Iraq and sabotaged the Bush administration's national security legacy.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Abdullah ready for runoff with Afghan President Karzai</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/19/afghanistan.election.fraud/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/19/afghanistan.election.fraud/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Afghan President Hamid Karzai's primary challenger said Monday he is prepared to participate in a runoff vote after a report concluded that Karzai did not win a majority, but he also is willing to consider alternatives.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>King: Some strong yearnings for good earnings</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/18/john.king.monday.memo/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/18/john.king.monday.memo/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>To: Interested parties  From: John King, CNN chief national correspondent  Re: Monday Memo</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama aides: Wall Street shouldn't fight reform</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/19/news/economy/rahm_axelrod_financial_reform.cnnw/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/19/news/economy/rahm_axelrod_financial_reform.cnnw/index.htm</guid><description>Wall Street needs to focus more on helping Main Street than self-enrichment, two of President Obama's top advisers said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Emanuel: Bush never asked key questions on Afghanistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/18/emanuel.afghanistan/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/18/emanuel.afghanistan/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>One of President Obama's top advisers said Sunday the Bush administration failed to ask critical questions about the war in Afghanistan, leaving the Obama administration starting from scratch -- and leaving the war "adrift."</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Travel leaders, lawmakers rally behind 'blacklisted' cities</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/07/31/struggling.convention.cities/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/07/31/struggling.convention.cities/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Business isn't the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about Las Vegas, Nevada, or Orlando, Florida, but these two entertainment capitals are also the top business meeting 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Rod Blagojevich without the governor present.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>House Dems nearly done with $850B bill</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/14/news/economy/house_stimulus_bill/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/14/news/economy/house_stimulus_bill/index.htm</guid><description>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that Democrats are close to finalizing the details of an economic recovery package.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Panel investigating Blagojevich won't subpoena Obama advisers</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/28/blagojevich/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/28/blagojevich/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>After being told by prosecutors that their testimony could jeopardize the ongoing criminal investigation, the Illinois House panel considering impeachment charges against Gov. Rod Blagojevich will not subpoena advisers to President-elect Barack Obama, the panel's chairwoman said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama talked to prosecutors about Blagojevich, report says</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/23/obama.gov.report/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/23/obama.gov.report/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President-elect Barack Obama last week talked to federal prosecutors investigating Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, according to an internal report the Obama transition team released Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Poll finds split over Obama aides' contacts with Illinois governor</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/22/poll.obama.blagojevich/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/22/poll.obama.blagojevich/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A new national poll indicates Americans are split on whether aides to President-elect Barack Obama did something inappropriate in their contacts with embattled Illinois Gov. 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Joe Lieberman within the Democratic caucus despite anger over Lieberman's support of Republican presidential nominee John McCain.</description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Transcript: 'I'm going to confront this economic crisis,' Obama says</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/07/obama.conference.transcript/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/07/obama.conference.transcript/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Barack Obama spoke at a his first news conference as president-elect Friday afternoon. The following is a transcript of the conference:</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Five Things About Rahm Emanuel, Obama's New Chief of Staff</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20238595,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20238595,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Congressman Rahm Emanuel used to be a ballet dancer &amp;amp;#8211; and his brother helped inspire Entourage's Ari Gold</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Emanuel expected to bring 'tough-minded' approach to White House</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/06/emanuel.profile/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/06/emanuel.profile/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel will bring a "tough-minded" and "pragmatic" approach to the White House when he becomes President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff, according to people who know the Chicago, Illinois, native.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Emanuel pick gets mixed reaction</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/06/emanuel.reaction/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/06/emanuel.reaction/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President-elect Barack Obama's first major appointment received mixed reaction from Democrats and Republicans.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rahm Emanuel: Pit bull politician</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/06/news/newsmakers/emanuel_easton.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/06/news/newsmakers/emanuel_easton.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Rahm Emanuel, the Chicago Congressman who will be President-elect Barack Obama's White House chief of staff, is "dangerous, absolutely relentless when he's got a political kill in sight," according to an admiring Republican colleague, Oklahoma Congressman Tom Cole. Emanuel is also, President Clinton once told Fortune,  "one of the top political minds in Washington," a former ballet dancer who "favors the counterattack over the attack."</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush Says Economy Will Bounce Back</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1851774,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1851774,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>President Bush on Saturday sought to reassure Americans about the cost and scope of the nation's financial bailout plan</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Conservative Palin brings record of reform, Republicans say</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/29/palin.reax/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/29/palin.reax/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Republicans praised John McCain's pick of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running mate Friday, but Democrats said it didn't change the dynamics of the presidential race.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>McCain attacks Obama for opting out of public financing</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/19/obama.public.financing/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/19/obama.public.financing/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. John McCain on Thursday accused Sen. Barack Obama of breaking a promise when the Democrat decided to forgo public financing in this fall's campaign.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush outlines goals to fight climate change</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/16/bush.climate/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/16/bush.climate/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Bush on Wednesday called for halting the growth of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 and said Congress -- not judges or regulators -- should take the lead role in grappling with global warming.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>House fails to override Bush veto of child insurance bill</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/18/schip/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/18/schip/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>House Democrats on Thursday failed to override President Bush's veto of a children's health insurance bill that opponents said was too expensive.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ex-Goldman Sachs honcho's donkey fight</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/10/news/newsmakers/murphy_dnc.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/10/news/newsmakers/murphy_dnc.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>When Philip D. Murphy, formerly global co-head of Goldman Sachs's investment management division, became the Democratic National Committee's national finance chairman last year (and yet another Goldman alum to enter politics), he knew he'd be stepping into the middle of a donkey fight - one that pitted DNC chair Howard Dean against Senator Charles Schumer and Congressman Rahm Emanuel.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oil sands plan said to draw fire</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/23/news/companies/bp_permit/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/23/news/companies/bp_permit/index.htm</guid><description>Plans to process a heavy grade of crude oil from oil sands in the Canadian province of Alberta have sparked a nasty battle in the Midwest, where some politicians are angry that the move will increase pollution in the Great Lakes, according to a report Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush signs controversial wiretap bill, calls for permanent fix</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/05/bush.surveillance/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/05/bush.surveillance/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Bush signed a controversial bill Sunday that temporarily revises federal electronic surveillance laws.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 01:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Everybody Hates Congress</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1640263,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1640263,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Back in power, the Democrats are discovering that role reversal in the House isn't all it's cracked up to be </description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gonzales says he relied on his deputy on firings</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/15/fired.prosecutors/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/15/fired.prosecutors/index.html</guid><description>Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday he relied on his outgoing deputy to determine which federal prosecutors should be fired last year.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 16:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>No. 2 official at Justice Department resigns </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/14/justice.mcnulty/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/14/justice.mcnulty/index.html</guid><description>The No. 2 official at the Justice Department, Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, submitted his resignation to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, the Justice Department announced Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 21:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Former Gonzales aide gets immunity </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/25/attorneys.congress/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/25/attorneys.congress/index.html</guid><description>A House panel granted immunity Wednesday to a former Justice Department aide in its probe of the firings of eight U.S. attorneys, while senators authorized a subpoena for the White House's political director.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>For minimum wage, a veto means progress</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/28/news/minimum_wage/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/28/news/minimum_wage/index.htm</guid><description>The Senate Thursday passed the Iraq war spending bill that included language that will increase the federal minimum wage for the first time in 10 years.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ellison: Lawmaker has 'a lot to learn about Islam'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/21/quran.congress/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/21/quran.congress/index.html</guid><description>The Virginia lawmaker criticized for writing an "Islamophobic" letter to his constituents would be wise to learn more about Islam, the first Muslim elected to Congress said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Aide: Democrat leader heard of Foley e-mails in 2005</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/09/foley.emanuel/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/09/foley.emanuel/index.html</guid><description>The head of the House Democrats' campaign committee, Rep. Rahm Emanuel, had heard of former Rep. Mark Foley's inappropriate e-mails to a former male page a year before they became public, a campaign committee aide told CNN.</description><pubDate>Sat, 09 Dec 2006 16:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The realists take charge in Washington</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/12/cover.story.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/12/cover.story.tm/index.html</guid><description>(Time.com) -- This was a big deal. Certainly, it was the end of George W. Bush's radical experiment in partisan governance. It might have been even bigger than that: the end of the conservative pendulum swing that began with Ronald Reagan's revolution.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2006 09:22:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rahm Emanuel: Rejuvenating the hopes of House Democrats</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/02/8387515/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/02/8387515/index.htm</guid><description>On a wretchedly hot August day outside the Caterpillar tractor plant in Montgomery, Ill., President Bush and the state's congressional delegation gather for the signing of the massive transportatio... </description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dems: Leaked Iraq report shows need for new direction</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/25/nie.iraq/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/25/nie.iraq/index.html</guid><description>Part of a classified intelligence report that says the war in Iraq has increased the threat of terrorism has fueled calls by congressional Democrats for a new direction in the nation's war on terrorism.</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2006 13:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Can a team player rescue the Republicans?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/21/magazines/fortune/john_boehner.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/21/magazines/fortune/john_boehner.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>The pack of Barclays emerges ten minutes into our conversation, and John Boehner - plastics entrepreneur turned U.S. Congressman turned House majority leader - is unapologetic about a habit he hasn't bothered to try kicking in 20 years.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rahm Emanuel, Pitbull politician</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/17/magazines/fortune/politics.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/17/magazines/fortune/politics.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>On a wretchedly hot August day outside the Caterpillar tractor plant in Montgomery, Ill., President Bush and the state's congressional delegation gather for the signing of the massive transportation bill. This is 2005, the calm before the Katrina storm, and a rigorous mountain-biking schedule has the President in top shape.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Court: DeLay must stay on the ballot </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/03/delay.ballot/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/03/delay.ballot/index.html</guid><description>A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling against the Texas Republican Party in its effort to remove former Rep. 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Hillary.</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/20/ivins.hillary/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/20/ivins.hillary/index.html</guid><description>I'd like to make it clear to the people who run the Democratic Party that I will not support Hillary Clinton for president.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Lobbying against America</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/11/commentary/dobbs/corporate_lobbying/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/11/commentary/dobbs/corporate_lobbying/index.htm</guid><description>There's no denying both political parties in Congress are now owned lock, stock and barrel by corporate interests. 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