Pete Rouse, who will replace Emanuel as chief of staff, is known as ‘fixer’  —  Few people outside Washington, and not many inside, have heard the name Pete Rouse.  The man President Obama will name as his interim White House chief of staff on Friday is a quiet political player who avoids the spotlight.

Filling an Aide's Shoes With Very Different Feet  —  WASHINGTON — Pete Rouse is the anti-Rahm.  —  If Rahm Emanuel, the colorful, profane, in-your-face White House chief of staff, has loomed large over Washington politics, Mr. Rouse, whom President Obama has chosen as Mr. Emanuel's temporary replacement, does his best to loom small.