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adviser stories: 8 news summaries

 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

 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

Obama Campaign Advisers Left Out in the Cold

Members of foreign policy team passed over for more center-right candidates

Feb 11, 09 5:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Prominent advisers to presidential candidates can usually count on having their pick of administration jobs after the campaign. Not so with candidate Obama's foreign policy team, most of whom shaded to the left, the LA Times reports. It stems from the president's decision to give the three top national security... More »

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Cabinet • adviser • campaign staff • Obama administration • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • Obama campaign

 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

Gibbs Will Meet the Press

Obama taps aide
as press secretary, names 2 others for communications

Nov 22, 08 4:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama today named Robert Gibbs as White House press secretary, the Washington Times reports. Gibbs, 37, worked for 2 years as an Obama spokesman on the campaign trail and was widely expected to take the job. Well-liked by reporters, Gibbs flared up at times on the campaign and is... More »

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Barack Obama • White House • adviser • aide • transition • press secretary • Emily's List • transition team • Robert Gibbs

 Obama: Powell Would Advise Me 

Role could be formal or informal

Oct 20, 08 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Officially or otherwise, Colin Powell would have a place in a Barack Obama White House, the presidential frontrunner said yesterday. The former secretary of state “will be one of my advisers,” Obama told Today. “Whether he wants to take a formal role, whether that's a good fit... More »

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Barack Obama • adviser • Colin Powell • endorsement • Election 2008

Obama Adviser  Quits Over Hamas Talk

Mideast expert met  with militant group for his job, not campaign

May 10, 08 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - An informal Mideast policy adviser to the Barack Obama campaign has severed ties after critics made an issue of  meetings the adviser had with Hamas, the Times of London reports. The Obama campaign stressed that Robert Malley never had a formal role with them; Malley made it clear that his... More »

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Barack Obama • Middle East • Hamas • adviser • foreign policy • Robert Malley

Blair Takes
$1M Part-Time JPMorgan Job

Ex-PM will advise on global politics, retain Mideast envoy role

Jan 10, 08 9:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Former British PM Tony Blair will advise JPMorgan Chase on global politics, and pick up a check in the neighborhood of $1 million for his part-time trouble. Blair will keep his current job as the Quartet's envoy to the Middle East, reports the Times of London, but it's hardly his... More »

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Tony Blair • adviser • Mideast envoy • memoir • prime minister • Quartet • JPMorgan Chase

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