Dec 14 Chris Christie says he doesn’t want to be White House chief of staff By Catherine Lucey, Jonathan Lemire, Zeke Miller, Associated Press The former New Jersey governor cited family reasons in a statement saying that he was asking Trump to remove him from consideration. Continue reading
Dec 10 Watch 4:43 With Ayers out, chief-of-staff selection is a ‘free for all’ President Trump announced on Saturday that John Kelly would be stepping down from his position as chief of staff at the end of the year. Though the vice president’s counterpart, Nick Ayers, was considered a leading candidate to be Kelly’s… Continue watching
Jul 28 Here’s where Reince Priebus falls on the list of shortest-serving chiefs of staff By Erica R. Hendry Priebus lasted 189 days on the job, the fewest of any chiefs of staff who were not leaving the office with their president or serving in an interim role. Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch News Wrap: Obama Chooses Foreign Policy Adviser for New Chief of Staff In other news Friday, President Obama selected his foreign policy advisor Denis McDonough to replace Jack Lew as White House chief of staff. Meanwhile the Defense Department began eliminating 46,000 Pentagon jobs held by temporary civilian workers, in response to… Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch Obama Taps Chief of Staff Jack Lew to Be Next Treasury Secretary Obama Taps Chief of Staff Jack Lew to Be Next Treasury Secretary… Continue watching
Jan 09 Watch How Daley’s White House Departure Could Shake Up Obama’s Re-Election Bid Amid the first GOP primary and election-year rhetoric, President Obama announced a shake-up at the White House Monday: a new chief of staff. Judy Woodruff discusses what that means for his re-election campaign, plus the state of the GOP race,… Continue watching
Jan 09 Watch News Wrap: White House Chief of Staff Steps Down; Bombings in Iraq In other news Monday, President Obama announced White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley's resignation. Daley had been in the position for a year, and will be succeeded by Jacob Lew, the president's current budget director. Also, a court martial… Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch After 100 Days as Chicago’s Mayor, How Is Rahm Emanuel Faring? Late last year, Rahm Emanuel left his post at the White House to launch his successful bid for mayor of Chicago. WTTW's Eddie Arruza profiles the Windy City's new mayor after 100 days on the job. Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch White House Chief of Staff Daley: U.S. Default ‘Will Not Happen’ Daley: U.S. Default 'Will Not Happen'… Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch Rahm Emanuel: Obama ‘Fully Informed’ on Spy Swap Plan In a newsmaker interview, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel talks to Jim Lehrer about the U.S.-Russia spy swap plan and the legal battle over immigration. Continue watching