Book Reveals Tension Between Atty. Gen. Holder, Axelrod and Emanuel

 
By Lynn Sweet
Chicago Sun-Times

WASHINGTON--A new book about the Obama administration adds more to the story about tensions between Attorney General Eric Holder, David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel when he was White House chief of staff.

Valerie Jarrett once broke up a near-fight between Axelrod and Holder, the book reveals.

The book is “Kill or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency” by Daniel Klaidman, a former Newsweek managing editor now with Newsweek/DailyBeast.

Some other highlights, according to news reports about the book:

Emanuel was not pleased that Holder could go around him because he had his own channel of communication with Obama; they were social friends as were their wives.

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