The Man at the Door

Emanuel to Be Chief of Staff
Article | President-elect Barack Obama made the first appointment of his new administration yesterday, choosing Rep. Rahm Emanuel to serve as White House chief of staff when he takes office in January.

Seated, at Last, At History's Table
Article | Eugene Allen, who worked for more than three decades as a White House butler -- some of those years during an era of brutal segregation when he often had to use back doors despite his employer's rarefied address -- sat in the shadow of the Capitol dome yesterday and watched Barack Obama become th...

A life of patriotism, charm and humility
Article | In the end, Eugene Allen, a White House butler who lived a life behind the scenes of history, was the subject of wide acclaim.