<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/536882-biden-eyeing-rahm-emanuel-for-ambassador-role" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/536882-biden-eyeing-rahm-emanuel-for-ambassador-role</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(44, 44, 44);" class="">Biden eyeing Rahm Emanuel for ambassador role: report<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">By Dominick Mastrangelo<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">02/02/21</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> </span></div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-left: 0in; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">President </span><span class="rollover-people"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class=""><a href="https://thehill.com/people/joe-biden" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">Joe Biden</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class=""> is considering Rahm Emanuel for a top diplomatic post, according to a new report. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-left: 0in; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">Three unidentified sources <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-administration-eyes-rahm-emanuel-ambassadorship-n1256428" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">told</span></a> NBC News that Biden might choose the former Chicago mayor and top White House aide for an ambassadorship to either Japan or China, two key posts as the president looks to shape his foreign policy agenda during his first term in office. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-left: 0in; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">Emanuel, who served as White House chief of staff to former president </span><span class="rollover-people"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class=""><a href="https://thehill.com/people/barack-obama" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">Barack Obama</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">, has been made aware that Biden is considering him for one of the two spots, the network reported. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-left: 0in; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">Emanuel has remained a prominent figure in Democratic politics since leaving the Chicago mayor's office, fundraising for leading party figures and providing political analysis on Sunday morning talk shows. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">"He was an essential part of my team at the White House during some very hard times for America," Obama <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-emanuel-obama-pullman-met0219-20150219-story.html" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">said</span></a> of his former aide in 2015 as Emanuel sought a second term as Chicago's mayor. "And I relied on his judgment every day and his smarts every day, his toughness every day."<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">Emanuel has, at times, clashed with the Democratic Party's more progressive wing and other critics in Chicago. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-left: 0in; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">The former White House chief of staff was also sharply critical of former </span><span class="rollover-people"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class=""><a href="https://thehill.com/people/donald-trump" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">President Trump</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class=""> in the days following the November presidential election, calling him a "desperate loser" for refusing to concede. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-left: 0in; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">“Donald Trump’s kind of posture his whole life has been, ‘Either I win or it’s been stolen.’ It’s his grievance politics. This is who he is. He plays the grievance card,” Emanuel <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/11/6/21553399/presidential-election-2020-trump-rahm-emanuel-biden-votes-ballots" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">said</span></a> on Nov. 6. "The same way he said he had the ‘biggest [inauguration] crowd. Bigger than Obama. Best president that Black America ever had.’ Then he goes on to make a claim like this, which is, he didn’t lose. It was stolen. He gets to walk away with whatever die-hard followers he has saying this was not legit. It’s all about him and nothing to do with the country.”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-left: 0in; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">Biden administration officials have vowed to continue a hardline policy toward China on trade and other issues. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">"China is undercutting American companies by dumping products, erecting trade barriers, and giving away subsidies to corporations," <span class="rollover-people"><a href="https://thehill.com/people/janet-yellen" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">Janet Yellen</span></a></span> <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/21/economy/china-trade-tech-war-biden-intl-hnk/index.html" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">told</span></a> Congress during confirmation hearings as Biden's Treasury Secretary last month. </span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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