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Emanuel, who has a reputation as a tough political infighter, is credited with helping Democrats take control of the House in 2006.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel? 2010

In Petraeus, Obama is dealing with perhaps the most recognized and acclaimed general of this generation, a skillful bureaucratic infighter who also has an almost unique ability among senior military officers to communicate outside normal channels through the media.

Obama and Petraeus: A wary relationship Dan Balz 2010

A skilled infighter, with sharp elbows and a tart tongue, he is anything but a wallflower.

Glenn C. Altschuler: Rumsfeld's Rules of Engagement Glenn C. Altschuler 2011

A skilled infighter, with sharp elbows and a tart tongue, he is anything but a wallflower.

Glenn C. Altschuler: Rumsfeld's Rules of Engagement Glenn C. Altschuler 2011

Chris Cox's congressional bid could also end up as collateral damage, which would be somewhat poetic since his maternal grandfather was one of Finkelstein's earliest clients and another master political infighter: Richard Nixon.

John R. Bohrer: What Levy vs. Lazio Has to Do With Beating a Cuomo 2010

As the two men head for the runoff, Mr. Santos, an experienced political infighter and political horse trader is likely to have an insurmountable edge over Mr. Mockus, a philosopher and mathematician turned antipolitician who has made his personal honesty and a refusal to do business as usual one of his top campaign issues.

Santos Leads Colombian Elections Jose DeCordoba 2010

Chris Cox's congressional bid could also end up as collateral damage, which would be somewhat poetic since his maternal grandfather was one of Finkelstein's earliest clients and another master political infighter: Richard Nixon.

What Levy vs. Lazio Has to Do With Beating a Cuomo 2010

She has long maintained the bearing of a straight-shooting, "aw shucks" Washington outsider, even though she began showing her Beltway savvy as a political infighter more than a decade ago.

Elizabeth Warren, likely to head new consumer agency, provokes strong feelings 2010

- Characterized national security adviser James Jones as a "clown" and an "inept bureaucratic infighter" who is "stuck in 1985."

Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett: Obama's Afghanistan Policy: What a New General Can't Fix 2010

Ms. Kreps developed a reputation as a skilled bureaucratic infighter, successfully capturing some of the Treasury Department's responsibilities on trade oversight.

First Female Commerce Secretary Was Bureaucratic Infighter 2010