FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Today, President-elect Barack Obama appointed Congressman Rahm Emanuel, co-chair of the DLC's Bi-Partisan Congressional Debate Series, and co-author, with DLC President Bruce Reed, of The Plan: Big Ideas for America, as White House chief of staff.

The Plan: Big Ideas for America
http://www.readtheplan.com/

"Emanuel Keynote Address to the 2008 DLC National Conversation"
http://www.dlc.org/specials/NC2008/Emanuel_Keynote/

"DLC Bi-Partisan Congressional Debate Series"
http://www.dlc.org/specials/Congress_Debates/

Contact: Alice McKeon at (202) 608-1232 or amckeon@dlc.org

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