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12:42 PM, Nov 6, 2008 • By MARY KATHARINE HAM

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Meet the bad cop to Obama's good:

Democratic officials say Barack Obama's fellow Chicagoan Rahm Emanuel has agreed to be White House chief of staff.

One of Obama's first decisions as president-elect was to ask the Illinois congressman to run his White House staff. Emanuel accepted Thursday after struggling over family and political considerations.

Good news: Emanuel is in favor of mandatory "universal citizen service." Bring on the civilian national security forces!

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