Obama to Name Ex-Clinton Official Podesta as Special Adviser
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President Barack Obama is bringing John Podesta, a longtime outside adviser and former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, to the White House as a special counselor, according to a people familiar with the plans.
Podesta, 64, is joining Obama’s administration as the president’s approval ratings are at a low point and as he is trying to recover from the fumbled roll-out of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.