Washington, November 06, SPA -- President-elect Barack Obama has made his firstWhite House appointment - picking Illinois Congressman Rahm Emanuelas his chief of staff, and will meet with President George W Bush todiscuss the transition phase on Monday, dpa said. Emanuel, a close friend of Obama's who served as a senior advisorin former president Bill Clinton's White House in the 1990s, acceptedthe job on Thursday, a Democratic Party aide confirmed to DeutschePresse-Agentur dpa. Facing the first wartime handover of power since Vietnam in 1968,Bush met with his cabinet Thursday morning to consider his finalpriorities and said he would ensure a speedy and orderly transitionover the next months. Obama received his first major intelligence briefing Thursday, andBush said his staff would immediately begin briefing Obama's advisorson policy decisions and the workings of the various federaldepartments.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/605118