Next Obama chapter: Change coming to White House

Associated Press
Jan 4, 2011
By BEN FELLER, AP White House Correspondent – 11 mins ago
WASHINGTON, D.C.

President Barack Obama, looking ahead to his re-election effort, is shaking up his senior leadership team to deal with the new realities of his term.

Those realities include the fact that the era of big legislation is over, that a massive campaign effort needs energy and people, and that the White House is taking a toll on those who run it.

Obama's press secretary, Robert Gibbs, is likely to leave soon, and the president's interim chief of staff, Pete Rouse, may be on the way out, too.

Those departures would significantly alter the management of the White House and the way it explains itself to the world.

Obama is also expected to have a new chief economic adviser, a new senior political counselor, and two new deputy chiefs of staff.

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