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  • �Another Chicagoan on the White House staff jokingly presented Emanuel with a going-away present today: a dead fish.

    Obama Taps Longtime Aide Rouse To Replace Rahm 2010

  • SCOTT SIMON, host: Rahm Emanuel was given a little going-away present at his last White House staff meeting yesterday: a dead fish wrapped in two Chicago newspapers.

    How Will Chicago Welcome Rahm Emanuel Back? 2010

  • Then, on the final day of my service at the White House (Jan. 30, 1998), Rahm showed up -- to my surprise -- at my going-away reception, hosted by President and Mrs. Clinton in the historic Diplomatic Reception Room on the ground floor of the residence.

    Lanny Davis: Rahm Lanny Davis 2010

  • �Another Chicagoan on the White House staff jokingly presented Emanuel with a going-away present today: a dead fish.

    Obama Taps Longtime Aide Rouse To Replace Rahm 2010

  • �Another Chicagoan on the White House staff jokingly presented Emanuel with a going-away present today: a dead fish.

    Obama Taps Longtime Aide Rouse To Replace Rahm 2010

  • Neighbors were so supportive, they threw him a going-away party.

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

  • On what is reportedly Rahm Emanuel's last day as White House chief of staff, the Council of Economic advisers presented him with their going-away gift.

    Emanuel gets dead fish as going-away present Emi Kolawole 2010

  • Are you really going to make that blue corn tortilla soup you got in that going-away gift basket?

    Diary Of A No-Nonsense Kitchen Clean-Out | Lifehacker Australia 2010

  • Austan Goolsbee, President Obama's recently installed Office of Management and Budget chief, presented Emanuel with the gift saying, I talked to the policy team and we wanted to give you a going-away present -- something to show how we feel about you but also shows we understand your new possibilities.

    Emanuel gets dead fish as going-away present Emi Kolawole 2010

  • SCOTT SIMON, host: Rahm Emanuel was given a little going-away present at his last White House staff meeting yesterday: a dead fish wrapped in two Chicago newspapers.

    How Will Chicago Welcome Rahm Emanuel Back? 2010

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