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Despite Differences, Holder Attends Emanuel Resignation Announcement

By Main Justice staff

Attorney General Eric Holder and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel have had their differences. But that didn’t keep Holder from the White House Friday morning for the announcement that Emanuel will leave his post to run for mayor of Chicago.

White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel greets his children after the announcement. In the background, Attorney General Eric Holder and other members of the Cabinet give Emanuel a standing ovation. (Getty)

Holder was seated in the front row along with other members of the Cabinet, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, among others.

Holder and Emanuel have reportedly disagreed on a number of high-profile issues involving national security. In an open mic gaffe, former White House Counsel Greg Craig recently indicated in private remarks that Emanuel wanted Holder out.

?The great thing about it, if Rahm goes to run for mayor, is that Eric survived,? Craig said before a Sept. 21 talk at Columbia Law School, according to an audio recording obtained by the National Law Journal. ?They were after him.?

Full post as published by Main Justice on October 01, 2010 (boomark / email).