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Obama, McCain to Meet Monday

Former rivals to meet, plan how best to work together

By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 14, 2008 11:10 AM CST

(Newser) – President-elect Barack Obama will sit down with former rival John McCain in Chicago on Monday, their first meeting since Election Day. The two will be joined by Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and McCain confidant Lindsay Graham, the AP reports. No word on a specific agenda.

"It's well known that they share an important belief that Americans want and deserve a more effective and efficient government, and will discuss ways to work together to make that a reality," said Obama spokesperson Stephanie Cutter.

The entrance to the Obama Headquarters in Chicago, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. John McCain will be visiting the glass and steel building, but not as a competitor, on Monday.
The entrance to the Obama Headquarters in Chicago, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. John McCain will be visiting the glass and steel building, but not as a competitor, on Monday.   (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
The two candidates face the crowd after a presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008.
The two candidates face the crowd after a presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)
Barack Obama and John McCain talk during the presidential debate Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y.
Barack Obama and John McCain talk during the presidential debate Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y.   (AP Photo/Gary Hershorn, Pool)
The candidates greet each other at the start of the presidential debate Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008. They will meet again on Monday in Chicago, under very different circumstsances.
The candidates greet each other at the start of the presidential debate Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008. They will meet again on Monday in Chicago, under very different circumstsances.   (AP Photo/Gary Hershorn, Pool)
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