President Obama called me to notify me that he was going to be making the announcement in a few hours at that time and talk to about it.

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Oh, and by the way, it is clear to me that Barclays has concluded - following the decision last Thursday of its deputy chairman Sir Mike Rake to notify his colleagues that he no longer wishes to be considered for the chairman's job - that both the role of chairman and chief executive will be filled by outsiders.

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