The US secret service is reported to have assigned president-elect Barack Obama the code name "Renegade".
This is in keeping with a tradition since the second world war of ascribing code names to presidents.
While the White House nor the Obama camp is unlikely to confirm them, such code names are seldom regarded as closely guarded secrets and quickly leak out.
The Chicago Tribune, Obama's hometown paper, reported on its website on Monday night that wife Michelle has been named "Renaissance", and their two daughters, Malia and Sasha, have been given the designations "Radiance" and "Rosebud". It is no coincidence that they all begin with R.
The vice-president-elect, Joe Biden, has his Irish background recognised with the code name "Celtic".
The secret service has said in the past that such names are chosen on a whim. Among previous presidents, John Kennedy, in keeping with the labelling of his White House "Camelot", was named "Lancer", and Reagan "Rawhide".
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
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