President Barack Obama speaks to supporters as he lays out his plan to move the country forward, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012, during a campaign stop in Delray Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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President Barack Obama speaks to supporters as he lays out his plan to move the country forward, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012, during a campaign stop in Delray Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney exits his vehicle before boarding his campaign plane in West Palm Beach, Fla, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012, enroute to Nevada for a campaign stop, after yesterday's final presidential debate with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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President Barack Obama holds up a copy of his plan for jobs as he speaks to supporters during a campaign stop in Delray Beach, Fla., Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012, a day after his last debate with Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney exits his vehicle to board his campaign plane in West Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012, enroute to a campaign stop in Nevada, after the last presidential debate Monday night against President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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FILE - This Jan. 19, 2012 file photo shows David Axelrod, former senior advisor to President Barack Obama, speaking during a panel discussion, "2012: The Path to the Presidency", at the University of Chicago in Chicago. Axelrod has landed a new job at NBC News. The network said Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, that Axelrod is joining as a senior political analyst. He'll contribute to broadcasts on both NBC News and the cable network MSNBC. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)
NBC hires former Obama strategist
NEW YORK (
AP) —
David Axelrod, former strategist and aide to President
Barack Obama, has landed a new job at NBC News.
The network said Tuesday that Axelrod is joining as a senior political analyst. He'll contribute to broadcasts on both NBC News and the cable network MSNBC.
Axelrod helped run Obama's successful campaigns in 2008 and 2012 and worked as an adviser to the president during his first term. The former political writer and columnist for the Chicago Tribune started his own political and media consulting firm in 1984.
NBC already employs Steve Schmidt, a top adviser to Obama's 2008 opponent John McCain, as an analyst.
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