Valerie Jarrett

Valerie Jarrett

Valerie Jarrett is a Chicago lawyer, businesswoman and politician. She is a senior adviser to Barack Obama, and is rumored to be on Barack Obama's short list for Deputy Chief of Staff, Counselor, or Secretary of Housing and Urban...

Valerie Jarrett is a Chicago lawyer, businesswoman and politician. She is a senior adviser to Barack Obama, and is rumored to be on Barack Obama's short list for Deputy Chief of Staff, Counselor, or Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Find more information about Valerie Jarrett here.

 
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New Obama Administration members Desiree Rogers and Valerie Jarrett with Linda Rice Johnson of Ebony Magazine (left-to-right) at a social event. Rogers and Jarrett will be part of the Obama White House team. Beautiful and brilliant, I have to say I've been so far impressed with the black women who are popping up as potential parts of the administration. While I'm looking forward to which other black and other minority women and men who will be joining the them, here are the so far "fantastic four" of the Obama Administration. Name: Desiree Rogers New Job: White House Social Secretary Super power: Party! Party! Party! ... Read Full Story
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Jarret on the NYT magazine's cover. Valerie Jarrett , the Chicago lawyer and businesswoman is among Barack Obama 's closet advisors, appears on the cover of the New York Times magazine this weekend. The article looks at the role Jarrett has carved out for herself within Obama's administration. From an article at the New York Times : On Jan. 25, 2008, the day before the South Carolina Democratic primary, Barack Obama endured a grueling succession of campaign events across the state. When his staff informed him that the evening would conclude with a brief show-up at the Pink Ice Ball, a gala for the ... Read Full Story
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Valerie Jarrett has much to say about the new focus of President Barack Obama 's job summit, which took place on Thursday. I've never been a fan of the summits and blue ribbon panels that politicians set up. Usually, they are a means of coming to a predetermined conclusion or obfuscating an issue that a politician would rather not discuss. President Obama's job summit came just ahead of the release of new unemployment figures but the meeting could help him come up with some solutions if he makes some tough decisions. According to the Washington Post: Creating jobs is a political and economic imperative ... Read Full Story
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On November 14th, President-Elect Barack Obama officially named Valerie Jarrett as his Senior Adviser and Assistant in the White House.  Ms. Jarrett served as Obama's senior adviser during his presidential campaign.  In fact, Ms. Jarrett and the Obamas are not only co-workers, but also close long-time friends for 17 years.  Ms. Jarrett, 51, a Hyde Park, Chicago native, first met Michelle Obama in 1991 when she hired her as an Assistant to Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. The two women became quick friends and it was through Michelle that Ms. Jarrett formed an equally close relationship to Michelle's then-fiance Barack.  Here's a clip of Ms. ... Read Full Story
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Hello, I read 3 (three) articles today from main Western press sources. Multiples of forum articles and multiple of blog articles. The main consensus of the articles stated that it is obvious who is in charge in Russia. Putin is the one going to the World Economic Forum (Davos) and that means Putin Runs Russia! But: The U.S. is only sending a top Obama advisor (Who is it?) and confidant Valerie Jarrett. Unless I am confused, that means Obama does not run the USA! By using Western press standards for Russia - a top Obama advisor (Who is it?) and confidant Valerie Jarrett run ... Read Full Story
Pastor Rick Warren, Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) ,and Valerie Jarrett Warn Against Stereotyping Muslims Pastor Rick Warren, left, shakes hands with Yusuf Islam, best known by his former name Cat Stevens, after speaking at the convention. [Pic in URL] Ahmed Mohamed Staff Writer Washington — More than 30,000 Muslims from across America attended the 46th annual convention of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) July 3–6 in Washington, where...  
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Filed under: Democrats, Republicans, Economy, Health Care, Obama Administration, 2010 ElectionsValerie Jarrett is a match for her boss when it comes to a placid public demeanor. But she flashed her low-key version of high dudgeon in a year-end discussion with Politics Daily about pressure from the "extreme" left and right, and Sen. Lindsey Graham's charge that the White House engaged in "seedy Chicago politics" to get its health reform bill...  
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DOWNLOADS: (3) PLAYS: (14) Last night on Bill O'Reilly's Fox News show, Glenn Beck made his weekly appearance and was shocked to learn from O'Reilly...  
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WOLF BLITZER: Let's go to the White House right now. Valerie Jarrett is a senior adviser to President Obama. Repulsive, he says. He was there at the creation of TARP, and he says there was never any notion that this TARP money, which was supposed to help the financial sector, would be used to try to do something else. VALERIE JARRETT, SENIOR PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER: Well, the whole point in helping the financial sector was to jump-start the...  
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Pulling Back a Bloodied PAW The basis for PAW's baseless charge was as absurd as the accusation itself: they didn't think it was nice for ALG to tell the truth about Obama cohort and Chicago moll, Valerie Jarrett. The Jarrett Chronicles Part II: Valerie Jarrett's Underwater Demolition Valerie Jarrett tries her hand at relocating old warehouses for Mayor Daley. ALG Research Appointment Watch This week ALG Research highlights a district court...  
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Senior adviser Valerie Jarrett pushed back against the Republican refrain in a year-end interview with Politics Daily. Jarrett focused specifically on Sen. Lindsey Graham's (R-S.C.) use of the phrase in a recent CNN interview. ...  
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by Mark Silva As the first anniversary of President Barack Obama's election approaches this week, Valerie Jarrett, one of Obama's friends and closest advisers, says this when about an unfulfilled promise to heal the partisan divide in Washington - to...  
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The key words buried in this story about the White House party-crashing saga are “White House Office of Public Engagement,” Valerie Jarrett’s fiefdom within the White House. As we know from the Chicago Olympics fiasco, the NEA scandal, the Van Jones incident, and the war against Fox News, Valerie Jarrett is almost always responsible for making [...]  
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Dede Drops and Gingrich's Two-Step:  Dede Scozzafava gracelessly dropped like a rock out of the NY 23 race early Saturday morning.  And Newt Gingrich then did the predictable thing by quickly switching his support to what his finger in the wind told him was the winning side. Bad for Dede. Worse for Newt. Who is Valerie Jarrett?:  For those of you who have heard her name thrown around but are still wondering who exactly she is, I have put...  
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