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NEWS ABOUT: presidential adviser

presidential adviser stories: 9 news summaries
PROFILE

 Joe Biden 
 Is Obama's 
 Best Gadfly, 
 'Truth-Teller' 


Hardly a joke, veep doesn't mind stirring the pot

Oct 11, 09 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's suave, controlled campaign may have winced when gaffe-prone Joe Biden came aboard, but the vice president has proven himself to be a necessary straight-shooter time and again in the administration's tumultuous first nine months. From Afghanistan to health care, Biden has become Obama's most reliable "truth teller,... More »

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Joe Biden • vice president • foreign policy • gaffe • presidential adviser • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet

ANALYSIS

 Thank Beck, 
 Internet for 
 Van Jones 
 Uproar 

Strategy deflected attention from Jones' Beck boycott

Sep 6, 09 2:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - The mainstream media entirely ignored the controversy over now-former Obama adviser Van Jones, who was slyly forced out by Glenn Beck and his online fans, Politico reports. Beck whipped up a fury over Jones—who once signed a 9/11 conspiracy petition—without mentioning that the green jobs czar was also... More »

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media • Google • Internet • White House • September 11 • czar • Glenn Beck • boycott • presidential adviser • conspiracy theory • Twitter • Van Jones

OPINION

Cold-Fish President Is Losing the Public: Noonan

And young, untried staffers are dangerously full of themselves

Sep 4, 09 6:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alarm bells should be ringing at the White House as the Obama administration drifts dangerously out of touch with the middle ground, Peggy Noonan writes in the Wall Street Journal. By trying to tackle health care on top of the economy and two wars, Noonan writes, the president—along with... More »

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presidential adviser • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - Past presidents have taken a big-picture approach to domestic policy, but Barack Obama is different—every day, he wrestles with the smallest details of health care, employment, and financial regulation. At the White House daily economic briefing, a new ritual modeled on intelligence seminars, the president peppers advisers with questions... More »

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Rahm Emanuel • domestic policy • presidential adviser • Obama administration • President Obama

 Obama's Best Pal 
 Keeps Him in Line 

When Jarrett weighs in, prez listens

Jul 23, 09 8:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - When the president has made up his mind, there’s one person who can change it: Valerie Jarrett, who acts as his “intermediary to the outside world,” Robert Draper writes in a hefty New York Times Magazine profile. “There are two people he’s not going to... More »

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adviser • profile • presidential adviser • Valerie Jarrett • Obama administration • President Obama

ANALYSIS

 White House's 
 Preferred 
 First-100-Days 
 Story Lines 

Look out for these White House plugs next Wednesday

Apr 23, 09 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama's savvy advisers may scoff at his 100th day as a "Hallmark holiday," but they're happy to tell reporters how to cover it. Politico lists what the White House is spinning:
  • Obama's not overambitious, just a promise-keeper—right down to that new pup.
  • His broader
... More »

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Barack Obama • White House • list • presidential adviser • David Axelrod • Obama administration • President Obama • 100 days

Valerie Jarrett:
Obama's 
Consigliere 

Senior adviser and family friend speaks softly, carries big clout

Mar 15, 09 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Among the strong-willed Beltway rockstars that make up President Obama's White House, senior adviser Valerie Jarrett's style is strikingly low key. But while Jarrett lacks the Washington experience of Rahm Emanuel or David Axelrod, she makes up for it with a deft ability to manage big egos and keep outside... More »

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White House • presidential adviser • Valerie Jarrett • Obama administration • President Obama

Clinton Trial Lawyer Tapped as White House Counsel

Gregory Craig will advise Obama on legal issues

Nov 16, 08 6:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has chosen Gregory Craig, Bill Clinton’s lead impeachment trial lawyer, as White House counsel, Politico reports. Craig, 63, left the Hillary Clinton camp early in the primaries to support Obama, and knows his new boss well: He played John McCain in debate prep. He also advised Obama... More »

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Hillary Clinton • White House • Bill Clinton • impeachment • lawyer • presidential adviser • President Obama • Gregory Craig

Rove Grilled
by Preppies

Ex-Bush adviser
zings Clintons in
talk to future leaders
at elite school

Feb 12, 08 2:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Karl Rove advised students to chuck those poly sci books for Shakespeare in a wide-ranging talk yesterday at Massachusetts' elite boarding school Choate, the Hartford Courant reports. Stiff opposition scuttled the school's plan to have Rove speak at commencement, but "I didn't want anybody to say you ran me... More »

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Bush administration • Karl Rove • presidential adviser • Iraq war • George W. Bush

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