CNN Hires Rahm Emanuel as Senior Political, Global Affairs Commentator
Rahm Emanuel is headed to CNN. The news network announced Thursday its hiring of the career Democrat as a senior political and global affairs commentator.
The former White House Chief of Staff and Chicago mayor most recently served as the Biden administration’s ambassador to Japan. As mayor from 2011-2019, Emanuel focused on educational gains, quality of life and the city’s economic competitiveness on the global stage. And as Obama’s top advisor and first chief of staff, Emanuel is credited with securing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare.
CNN touted the hire Thursday by citing Emanuel’s over three decades in Democratic politics, saying he will bring “his extensive knowledge of American politics and international affairs to CNN’s on-air programming.”
Prior to his time in the Obama White House, Emanuel represented Illinois’s...
The former White House Chief of Staff and Chicago mayor most recently served as the Biden administration’s ambassador to Japan. As mayor from 2011-2019, Emanuel focused on educational gains, quality of life and the city’s economic competitiveness on the global stage. And as Obama’s top advisor and first chief of staff, Emanuel is credited with securing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare.
CNN touted the hire Thursday by citing Emanuel’s over three decades in Democratic politics, saying he will bring “his extensive knowledge of American politics and international affairs to CNN’s on-air programming.”
Prior to his time in the Obama White House, Emanuel represented Illinois’s...
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