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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