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David Axelrod

White House

Senior Adviser

202-456-1414

When Obama signed up star media strategist Axelrod to work on his long-shot Senate campaign, the dynamics of the race changed. Obama caught some breaks ...

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Valerie Jarrett

White House

Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement

202-456-1190

More significant than being the highest-ranking woman in the White House and having a sweeping portfolio is the simple fact that Jarrett is a close ...

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Carol Browner

White House

Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change

202-456-1414

In May, when Obama announced ambitious plans to require carmakers to produce more-efficient vehicles, Browner was assigned to explain the details. Insiders say that Browner, ...

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Nancy-Ann DeParle

White House

Director, White House Office of Health Reform

202-456-3226

DeParle, Obama's point person on health care reform, is well liked on both sides of the aisle as an evenhanded, calm, but forceful presence who ...

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Anita Dunn

White House

Director of Communications (interim)

202-456-1414

Dunn is one of the Tom Daschle alumni now serving the Obama administration. As a political consultant, she has spent most of her career on ...

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Phil Schiliro

White House

Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs

202-456-2230

The low-key Schiliro wins high marks from both sides of the aisle for his deep knowledge of the legislative process and for his feel for ...

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Christina Tchen

White House

Director, Office of Public Engagement

202-456-1414

Tchen, 53, joined the administration from the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, where she served as a partner in corporate litigation. ...

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Lawrence Summers

White House

Director, National Economic Council

202-456-2800

No one would have thought that Summers, 54, would slip easily into the relative anonymity of this White House post, but that is exactly what ...

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Christina Romer

White House

Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers

202-395-5084

Congress created the council in 1946 to give the president and the public economic analysis and advice independent of political slant. In practice, chairmen end ...

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Thomas Donilon

White House

Deputy National Security Adviser

202-456-9271

When the Obama administration picked Donilon in January, some national security experts scratched their heads. Donilon, 53, is known as a political operative who had ...

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