Donilon Among Leading Candidates for Obama Chief After Emanuel

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With the expected departure of presidential chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, leaving before U.S. national elections to run for mayor of Chicago, President Barack Obama can turn to a number of ready replacements.

Among them: Thomas Donilon, deputy national security adviser for the president, a former secretary of state’s chief of staff and a seasoned hand in Democratic Party politics.