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== Clinton administration == [[File:Photographs of President William Jefferson Clinton and Vice President Albert Gore meeting with Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty III, Rahm Emanuel, Bruce Lindsey, David Wilhelm, and others in the Oval Office of the White House (14).jpg|thumb|right|Emanuel with President [[Bill Clinton]] in 1993]] Following the campaign, Emanuel served as a senior advisor to Clinton at the [[White House]] from 1993 to 1998.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/01/AR2010100100891.html|title=Biographical information on Rahm Emanuel|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=October 1, 2010|access-date=October 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106093614/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/01/AR2010100100891.html|archive-date=January 6, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In the White House, Emanuel was initially assistant to the president for political affairs<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1993/01/15/clinton-white-house-appointments/|title=Clinton White House Appointments|work=The Baltimore Sun|date=January 15, 1993|access-date=June 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203062127/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1993-01-15/news/1993015187_1_special-assistant-domestic-policy-president-and-deputy|archive-date=February 3, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and then senior advisor to the president for policy and strategy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2012/11/mayor-rahm-emanuel-to-speak-on-campus.html|title=Mayor Rahm Emanuel to Speak on Campus|first=Storer H.|last=Rowley|publisher=[[Northwestern University]]|date=November 19, 2013|access-date=June 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530001338/http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2012/11/mayor-rahm-emanuel-to-speak-on-campus.html|archive-date=May 30, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> He was a leading strategist in White House efforts to institute [[NAFTA]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.businessweek.com/stories/1993-12-05/the-a-team-that-saved-naftas-bacon|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628201823/http://www.businessweek.com/stories/1993-12-05/the-a-team-that-saved-naftas-bacon|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 28, 2013|title=The A Team That Saved Nafta's Bacon|work=Business Week|date=December 5, 1993}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/clinton/interviews/emmanuel.html|title=Rahm Emanuel|work=[[Frontline (U.S. TV series)|Frontline]]|first=Chris|last=Bury|publisher=PBS|date=June 2000|access-date=September 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021082931/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/clinton/interviews/emmanuel.html|archive-date=October 21, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> among other Clinton initiatives.<ref name="GU">{{cite news|access-date=November 11, 2006|url=https://www.theguardian.com/international/story/0,,1944305,00.html|title=Profile:Rahm Emanuel—Former ballet dancer turned political fixer|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=November 10, 2006|page=18|location=London}}</ref> Emanuel is known for his "take-no-prisoners style" that has earned him the nickname "[[John Rambo|Rahmbo]]."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&tkr=1000L:US&sid=aIta_oE35qv0|title=The 2008 Forward 50 Picks 'Rahmbo', Obama's New Chief, Edgy|publisher=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]|date=November 13, 2008|access-date=October 7, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203093743/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&refer=conews&tkr=1000L%3AUS&sid=aIta_oE35qv0|archive-date=December 3, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> Emanuel sent a dead fish in a box to a pollster who was late delivering polling results.<ref name="Newsweek_Smalley_20080414"/> On the night after the [[U.S. presidential election, 1992|1992 election]], angry at Democrats and Republicans who "betrayed" them in the 1992 election, Emanuel stood up at a celebratory dinner with colleagues from the campaign and began plunging a steak knife into the table and began rattling off names while shouting "Dead! Dead! Dead!".<ref name=NYT_Bumiller_19970615 /> Before [[Tony Blair]] gave a pro-Clinton speech during the impeachment crisis, Emanuel reportedly screamed at Blair "Don't fuck this up!" while Clinton was present.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/talk/2008/11/17/081117ta_talk_widdicombe|title=Wind on Capitol Hill Emanuel in Full|first=Lizzi|last=Widdicombe|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|date=November 17, 2008|access-date=February 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009131837/http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2008/11/17/081117ta_talk_widdicombe|archive-date=October 9, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Blair and Clinton both burst into laughter.<ref>{{cite book|first=Con|last=Coughlin|title=American Ally: Tony Blair and the War on Terror|year=2006|publisher=HarperCollins}}</ref> However, by 2007 friends of Emanuel were saying that he has "mellowed out".<ref name="newest"/> Stories of his personal style have entered the popular culture, inspiring articles and websites that chronicle these and other quotes and incidents.<ref name="washpo">{{cite news|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/11/top_10_facts_you_need_to_know.html|title=Ten Facts You Need to Know About Rahm Emanuel|first=Chris|last=Cilizza|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=November 6, 2008|access-date=December 2, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111130153539/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/11/top_10_facts_you_need_to_know.html|archive-date=November 30, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="rahmfacts">{{cite web|url=http://rahmfacts.com|title=Rahm Emanuel Facts|publisher=rahmfacts.com|access-date=December 2, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103194515/http://rahmfacts.com/|archive-date=January 3, 2014|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref name="rahmblr">{{cite web|url=http://rahmblr.tumblr.com/|title=Rahmblr|access-date=December 2, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217052156/http://rahmblr.tumblr.com/|archive-date=December 17, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="politico">{{cite web|work=[[Politico]]|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/anneschroeder/1108/Because_really_theres_never_too_much_Rahm_anything_.html|title=Because really there's never too much Rahm anything|first=Anne|last=Schroeder|date=November 12, 2008|access-date=December 2, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313004537/http://www.politico.com/blogs/anneschroeder/1108/Because_really_theres_never_too_much_Rahm_anything_.html|archive-date=March 13, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> The character [[Josh Lyman]] in ''[[The West Wing]]'' was said to be based on Emanuel, though executive producer [[Lawrence O'Donnell]] denied this.<ref>{{cite news|quote=Like the president-elect, Emanuel is a Chicago native with a strong connection to the city's politicians. Both have inspired characters on the television series ''The West Wing'', with Emanuel providing the model for Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman.|access-date=November 7, 2008|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/07/rahm-emmanuel-obama-white-house-economy|title=Economic rescue plan main priority as new chief of staff named|first=Ewen|last=MacAskill|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=November 7, 2008|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904054946/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/07/rahm-emmanuel-obama-white-house-economy|archive-date=September 4, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
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