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White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Domestic Policy Council Director Melody Barnes read to young children as part of the “Read to the Top!” summer initiative at the Department of Education Monday.

U.S Secretary of Education Arne Duncan welcomed Emanuel and Barnes to the initiative, which aims to promote reading amongst young children during the summer vacation from school.

While Emanuel is infamous for his aggressive behavior and vocabulary, the Chief of Staff adopted a more family-friendly tone for Monday's event, making jokes while reading "Duck For President" that may have gone over the youngsters' heads.

Following a section of the book that described animals lining up to register to Vote for Duck, Emanuel noted that "It's obviously not in Chicago."

"'Have you seen the other one: Duck Runs For Congress?" Emanuel joked. "It's really good."