Podesta redux: guiding a second-term president

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Longtime Washington insider John Podesta (poh-DEST’-uh) is developing a bit of a specialty for the presidents he’s served — as a second-term problem solver.

Podesta was the last chief of staff in the Clinton White House and now he’s helping shake President Barack Obama’s West Wing out of its doldrums after a bruising 2013.

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