Bill Daley out as Obama chief of staff, sources say
By BEN FELLER Associated Press January 9, 2012 1:34PM
Updated: January 9, 2012 1:41PM
WASHINGTON — White House chief of staff William Daley is resigning, according to two senior Obama administration officials, and being replaced by Jacob Lew, the president’s budget director. The change will be effective at the end of this month. President Barack Obama plans to announce details at 2 p.m. Monday CST, a source told the Chicago Sun-Times. Obama chose Daley — the brother of former Mayor Richard M. Daley and youngest son of former Mayor Richard J. Daley — to be his White House chief of staff in January 2011, but Daley has had a somewhat rocky tenure. Daley served as commerce secretary under President Bill Clinton and ran Al Gore’s failed 2000 presidential campaign. The departure of Daley — who replaced Mayor Rahm Emanuel in the White House post —
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