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President Barack Obama has chosen longtime trusted adviser and national security expert Denis McDonough as his fifth chief of staff.

Two senior administration officials say the White House chief of staff, William Daley, is resigning. He's being replaced by Jacob Lew, the budget director....

Bruce Reed, who most recently headed up President Barack Obama's deficit commission, was a top domestic policy advisor during the Clinton administration.

President Barack Obama on Thursday picked JP Morgan Chase executive William Daley as his new White House chief of staff as part of a major retooling of his team, a senior White House official said.

President Barack Obama has narrowed the list of candidates for White House chief of staff down to two -- current interim boss Pete Rouse and former Clinton Commerce Secretary William Daley -- according to two senior Democratic sources close to the process.

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel will step down Friday to run for mayor of Chicago, two sources told CNN Thursday.

Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's surprise announcement today that he would not seek a seventh term in 2011 immediately set off speculation that White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel would enter the race.

Mark Patterson, a former advocate for Goldman Sachs, will serve as chief of staff to Geithner.