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Summers and Geithner Are Obama's Change Agents
By Kenneth T. Walsh -
Nation & World
- December 29, 2008
His team also includes longtime loyalists like David Axelrod and Valerie Jarrett.
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10 Things You Didn't Know About David Axelrod
By Debra Bell -
Nation & World
- December 2, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama named Axelrod senior adviser to the president.
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The Obama Team: Latest White House Staffers
Nation & World
- November 19, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama today added some close aides to key White House staff positions.
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Obama's Dynamic Duo, Axelrod and Plouffe, Predicts Close Fall Election
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- August 28, 2008
Top Obama aides say the election will be close.
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More an Architect Than a Bridge Builder
Washington Whispers
- May 1, 2007
Our recent item raising questions about whether Sen. Barack Obama's political guru David Axelrod minted Bill Clinton's memorable "Bridge to the 21st Century" phrase–as a recent New York Times Magazine profile suggests–got Axelrod's hackles up.
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Who Was First to Broach This Bridge?
Washington Whispers
- April 8, 2007
Did Sen. Barack Obama überstrategist David Axelrod coin Bill Clinton's famous phrase "bridge to the 21st century"? A recent Axelrod profile in the New York Times Magazine credits him with introducing it "into the political vernacular" while advising President Clinton's 1996 campaign, but a clip search reveals that Clinton used the metaphor at least twice before that, in major speeches in 1985 and 1988.
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