U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff Rahm Emanuel apologized to Arab-Americans on Thursday after his father made disparaging remarks against Arabs in an interview last week. In response to the question of whether or not Emanuel will be a pro-Israel influence in the White House his father reportedly replied quote unquote What is he, an Arab? He's not going to clean the floors of the White House." Emanuel called the president of the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee to apologize on his familys behalf. 11/14/08
