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Valerie Jarrett stories: 24 news summaries

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 Jarrett: 
 Abdullah 
 Quitting Isn't  
 a Complication 

Says election up to Afghan gov't; Obama decision may be delayed

Nov 1, 09 8:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett says Abdullah Abdullah's withdrawal from next weekend's runoff election in Afghanistan won't complicate the White House's decision-making process on a war strategy. But Jarrett tells George Stephanopoulos that the president's decision could slide back to late November. “The President will make a decision... More »

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Afghanistan • runoff election • Valerie Jarrett • Obama administration • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election • Sunday morning talk shows

 Obama Bigwigs 
 Take Aim at 
 Wall Street 


Says execs can't have their bailouts, and their bonuses, too

Oct 19, 09 12:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wall Street is getting ready to hand out some hefty bonuses, and the Obama administration is already crashing the party, with top aides loudly dressing down execs, framing them as would-be fat cats who only last year were on the public dole. "The bonuses are offensive," says David... More »

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Wall Street • Rahm Emanuel • Valerie Jarrett • David Axelrod • financial crisis • Wall Street bailout • President Obama

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 White House: 
 Fox Is 'Not 
 Really News' 


Administration still sparring with conservative network

Oct 18, 09 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House continued its scuffle with Fox News today, with Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace complaining on-air that the administration dissed its request for an interview, while top aides took to competing networks to denounce it. It's "not really news," David Axelrod told This Week. The... More »

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White House • Fox News • John Cornyn • Rahm Emanuel • health care reform • Valerie Jarrett • David Axelrod • President Obama • Fox News Sunday • Sunday morning talk shows

 In Blog Post, 
 White House 
 Blasts Fox News 

Prez promised to call out detractors, and that he did over Olympics claims

Oct 1, 09 2:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - In an unprecedented move, the White House has excoriated one of its most vocal opponents in a blog post ripping Fox News. The post singles out Glenn Beck, saying his "program has shown that nothing is worthy of respect if it can be used as part of a partisan... More »

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White House • Fox News • blog • Glenn Beck • Copenhagen • Chicago Olympics • Valerie Jarrett • Obama administration • President Obama • 2010 Vancouver Olympics • Pat Caddell • White House blog • Jesse Lee

 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

(Newser) - The rocky relationship between President Obama and Joe Biden comes under scrutiny in a new book by a Newsweek reporter, Fox News reports. In Renegade: the Making of a President, Richard Wolffe writes that Obama is “distracted by his vice president's indiscipline” and has had to personally rebuke... More »

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Joe Biden • Newsweek • publishing • discipline • book • Valerie Jarrett • Obama administration • President Obama • Richard Wolffe

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Iran Prez: 
 No Talks 
 Without 
 Preconditions 

Gibbs: WH 'very serious' about swine flu outbreak; Summers: recession will worsen

Apr 26, 09 10:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rebuffing President Obama’s call for beginning US-Iranian negotiations without preconditions, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pushed instead for a “clear-cut framework for talks.” In an interview from Tehran, the Iranian president told ABC’s This Week, “The agenda should be clear,” and complained that Obama didn’t respond... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Valerie Jarrett • economy • Robert Gibbs • Lawrence Summers • swine flu

ANALYSIS

 In Jarrett, 
 Wall St. Finds 
 Direct Line  
 to Obama 

Firms salute efforts of White House 'consigliere'

Apr 16, 09 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Valerie Jarrett wears many hats in the White House: “If there’s a consigliere, it’s Valerie,” says the head of President Obama’s transition team. Lately, however, the longtime family friend has chiefly been Obama’s ambassador to big business, Bloomberg reports. She “picks the brains”... More »

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Wall Street • White House • business • adviser • ambassador • Valerie Jarrett • big business • Obama administration • President Obama

OPINION

Where's the Council on Men and Boys?

Obama's Council on Women and Girls a misplaced gesture

Mar 18, 09 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - When President Obama last week created the White House Council on Women and Girls—a body that looks out for the fairer sex in federal policy-making—it seemed an almost laughable “act of paternalistic magnanimity,” writes Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post. Unfortunately, it also perpetuates “the... More »

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Barack Obama • women • Valerie Jarrett • gender bias • Obama administration • Kathleen Parker • President Obama • White House Council on Women and Girls

Obama White House Brings Black Women to Power

White House advisers and staff form strong support network

Mar 18, 09 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s administration has brought a cohort of black women to power in Washington, in numbers and at levels never seen before, the Washington Post reports. While in the past, the appointment of a black woman to a senior White House position was met with fanfare, the seven on... More »

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black women • Valerie Jarrett • Susan Rice • Obama administration • Cassandra Butts • Lisa Jackson

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

Obama Creates White House Women's Council 

Panel will help coordinate Cabinet-level policy on women's issues

Mar 11, 09 6:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will sign an executive order today creating a White House panel to advise on women's issues, the Washington Post reports. Senior adviser Valerie Jarrett will head the White House Council on Women and Girls, which will be tasked with coordinating government policy regarding women and families. A similar... More »

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Barack Obama • women • White House • Valerie Jarrett • Obama administration • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

Citi CEO Drops by White House, Sparking Chatter

Parsons' meeting ratchets up rumors of bank nationalization

Feb 24, 09 10:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Citigroup’s new chief, Richard Parsons, dropped by the White House last night, Politico reports, visiting Valerie Jarrett, an adviser and longtime confidante to President Obama. “He was here to meet with Valerie—something she often does with business leaders,” explained an official. Still, the visit fueled more... More »

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Citigroup • Richard Parsons • nationalization • Valerie Jarrett • Obama administration • financial crisis

PROFILE

 Gibbs Has the 
 Ear of Obama 


Feb 22, 09 12:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Press Secretary Robert Gibbs may be best known these days for deflecting harsh questions in the briefing room, but his advisory role in the administration goes much deeper than that, writes Michael Scherer in Time. “There isn't a single decision that the president has formed in the course... More »

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Washington DC • White House • American media • Valerie Jarrett • David Axelrod • press secretary • Obama administration • Robert Gibbs • President Obama

 Obama's Crew 
 Abounds With Expats 

Experiences abroad make for good policies at home, advisers say

Jan 18, 09 7:44 PM CST
(Newser) - If you’re seeking a job in the Obama administration, you may want to get out more—way out, Newsweek reports. Like the president-elect, many of his advisers have lived in other countries. Top aide Valerie Jarrett was born in Iran and has traveled widely, mixing with Europeans, Arabs, and... More »

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Barack Obama • travel • adviser • Americans • James Jones • expatriates • passport • Valerie Jarrett • Scott Gration • Timothy Geithner

Blago Wants Obama Aides
to Testify in Impeachment

Attorney asks state panel subpoena Emanuel, Jarrett

Dec 26, 08 1:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s attorney wants the state’s impeachment panel to subpoena two of Barack Obama’s top aides, Politico reports. Ed Genson is not alleging that Rahm Emanuel and Valerie Jarrett did anything wrong, but rather that their testimony would help prove that Blagojevich’s taped conversations... More »

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Chicago • corruption • Rahm Emanuel • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • Valerie Jarrett • Jesse Jackson Jr.

ANALYSIS

Timing of Blago Call, Jarrett's Senate Retreat Questioned

Obama aide reported out of consideration Nov. 10, same day as marathon bull session

Dec 11, 08 10:05 AM CST
(Newser) - The timing of reports that Valerie Jarrett, a top aide to Barack Obama, was out of the running to succeed him in the Senate, and the Nov. 10 conference call on which Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich discussed selling that seat is raising questions, the Wall Street Journal reports. The FBI... More »

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FBI • corruption • Illinois • wiretap • governor • Rod Blagojevich • conference call • Valerie Jarrett • political scandal • President Obama

 Obamas' 
 Chicago 
 Pal to be 
 Social 
 Secretary 

Desirée Rogers will run White House functions

Nov 24, 08 11:38 AM CST
(Newser) - A Chicago businesswoman and close friend of the Obamas will be White House social secretary, the Tribune reports. Desirée Rogers, 49, will be the first African American to run functions and ceremonies at the president’s residence, working with the first lady. A Harvard MBA, Rogers has been a... More »

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White House • ceremony • Valerie Jarrett • event planners • President Obama • Desirée Rogers

Jarrett Takes White House Job

Obama brings on
friend, transition co-chair as senior
Oval Office adviser

Nov 14, 08 6:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Family friend and campaign adviser Valerie Jarrett today agreed to be Barack Obama's senior White House adviser, CBS reports. She will share the job title and probably split duties with David Axelrod, Obama's chief political strategist. Jarrett was already named a co-chair on Obama's transition team. She was rumored as... More »

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Barack Obama • White House • Valerie Jarrett

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Emanuel: 
 Tax Cut 
 Will Go 
 Ahead 

Obama opposes tying a free trade deal to stimulus package

Nov 9, 08 1:50 PM CST
(Newser) - White House Chief of Staff-designate Rahm Emanuel told This Week that Barack Obama will move ahead with his plan to cut middle-class taxes despite rumors to the contrary, Politico reports. Other highlights from the Sunday talk shows:
  • Emanuel also told This Week that Obama opposes tacking a Colombia free
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Barack Obama • Rahm Emanuel • talk show • Jim Clyburn • Valerie Jarrett • Eric Cantor • John Podesta • President Obama

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