The FRONTLINE Interview: Rahm Emmanuel
Season 2012
Episode 19
About the Episode
He was Obama's chief of staff from 2009 to 2010 before he left the White House to run for Chicago mayor. Here, Emanuel discusses why the president ran into trouble in his attempts to create "a post-partisan environment and more productive Washington."
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