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Daley Sued Over Obama, Jarrett's Olympic Involvement

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.13.2009 | Chicago

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A conservative watchdog group is suing Mayor Daley and the city for failing to turn over information about the Obama administration's involvement in C...

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Va-Va-Valerie: Jarrett's Svelte Style (PHOTOS)

Posted 11.13.2009 | Style

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When we last saw senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, she was toting big bags and wearing work clothes that could transition to evening activities. These...

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Jason Linkins

Valerie Jarrett Bungles Fox News Bias Question

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.30.2009 | Media

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One of the things that's getting little discussion from Jon Stewart's penetrating take-down of Fox News yesterday night, is the way in which White Hou...

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Golfing with Hillary's Ghost

Keli Goff | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Melody Barnes, Golf, Hillary Clinton, President Obama, Valerie Jarrett, Bill Clinton, Politics News
Keli Goff

While Hillary Clinton may have "forgiven" the President, reconciled with him and moved on -- and moved in to his Cabinet -- there remain some still mourning the presidency that might have been.

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Valerie Jarrett: 'Of Course' Fox News Is Biased (VIDEO)

Posted 10.28.2009 | Media

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During an interview with CNN's Campbell Brown, senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett continued the Obama administration's pushback against Fox Ne...

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From Media Blitz to Women's Conference: Has Maria Shriver Discerned a Watershed Moment?

Marianne Schnall | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Valerie Jarrett, Activism, The Shriver Report, Working Mothers, A Woman's Nation, John Podesta, Gloria Steinem, Working Women, David Gregory, Obama, California Women's Conference, Maria Shriver, The Women's Conference, Family Leave, Living News
Marianne Schnall

This week, California's First Lady will use the findings to engage participants in her annual conference on women.

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Sam Stein

Labor Increasingly Confident That The Chamber's Time Has Passed

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

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The White House's increasingly aggressive posture on the Chamber of Commerce has emboldened like-minded critics of the business lobby to speak confide...

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Obama Aides Stand Up To Big Banks On Sunday Morning Talk Shows

nytimes.com | GINGER THOMPSON | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Meet the Press, Valerie Jarrett, Economic Stimulus Package, TARP Money, Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod, Economy, This Week, Financial Crisis, Obama Administration, Chris Dodd, State of the Union, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Striking a populist tone, several of President Obama's leading advisers on Sunday issued stern warnings to Wall Street. They said big ba...

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Sam Stein

White House Turns Its Guns On The Chamber Of Commerce

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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Several weeks into office, as it pushed its wide-reaching stimulus package through Congress, the Obama administration found itself the beneficiary of ...

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Laura Jarrett, Valerie's Daughter, Loves Civil Rights And David Sedaris

vanityfair.com | Posted 10.07.2009 | Style

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Favorite Books: To Kill a Mockingbird, Anna Karenina, In Cold Blood, The History of Sexuality, and Me Talk Pretty One Day. Cause: Promoting civil righ...

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Obama Told Olympics Trip Could Have Clinched Chicago's Bid: Jarrett

Chicago Tribune | Posted 10.03.2009 | Chicago

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In the run-up to the Olympics vote, the White House was getting a clear message from the architects of Chicago's bid: Balloting would be tight, and a ...

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Valerie Jarrett: Obama Talks About Olympics Daily, 'Would Love' To Be In Copenhagen For Vote

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 11.21.2009 | Chicago

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President Barack Obama personally gave the order to send a White House advance team to Copenhagen and would "love" to be there himself next week to ar...

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Obamas Spend Saturday Night At Valerie Jarrett's

AP | Posted 11.21.2009 | Style

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, wife Michelle and their two daughters were spending the evening in Georgetown at the home of senior adviser...

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Michelle Obama On Chicago Olympics: Emotional Pitch Planned, "There Won't Be A Dry Eye"

Bloomberg.com | John McCormick | Posted 11.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Sports, Valerie Jarrett, Chicago Olympics, Michelle Obama First Lady, Michelle Obama, International Olympic Committee, Chicago, Obama Chicago Olympics, Obama Chicago, Obama Copenhagen, 2016 Olympics, Chicago 2016, Chicago News

A top White House adviser said first lady Michelle Obama is planning to make a dramatic presentation when she offers the closing argument for the bid...

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Michelle Obama Going To Copenhagen To Pitch Chicago's 2016 Olympics Bid

Huffington Post | Ben Goldberger | Posted 11.11.2009 | Chicago

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The U.S. is counting on First Lady Michelle Obama to help secure the 2016 Summer Olympics for Chicago. Obama will head to Copenhagen, Denmark next ...

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Jason Linkins

World Net Daily Targets Valerie Jarrett

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Lloyd, Fearmongering, Worldnetdaily, Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett, Fairness Doctrine, Glenn Beck, Politics News

I recently made note of the fact that Fox News contributor Bill Kristol "set up Valerie Jarrett as the right's next target of insane hounding." And lo, as predicted, here are your friends at World Net Daily leading the way.

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Politico's New Lifestyle Section Names DC's Top 50 'Party Animals'

Politico | Anne Schroeder Mullins and Patrick Gavin | Posted 11.08.2009 | Style

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In the nation's capital, social events are as mandatory as staff meetings. Whether you are a senior senator or a first-year staffer, a clever strategi...

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The Seven Unsung Heroes of Washington Fashion

Karin Tanabe | Posted 10.17.2009 | Style

Read More: Valerie Jarrett, Michelle Obama, Jane Harman, David Dreier, Kathleen Sebelius, Style, Maria Cantwell, Desiree Rogers, Gary Ackerman, Fashion, John Thune, Barack Obama, John Kerry 2004, Style News
Karin Tanabe

Michelle Obama and her well-dressed entourage came to town and Washingtonians aren't likened to burlap-clad trolls anymore.

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The Kennedy Option; A Matter of Life and Death

Shannyn Moore | Posted 09.28.2009 | Home

Read More: Lennie, Valerie Jarrett, Machete Attack, Public Option, Kennedy Option, Clinton, Senator Kennedy, Howard Dean, Alaska, Health Care, Victim's Rights, Chris Rogers, Richard Trumka, Home News
Shannyn Moore

For Ted's decades-long fight, and the daily struggle of people like Lennie, a woman who sees her struggle over health care as more horrific than a machete attack, we must pass a "Kennedy Option."

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Bloggers Back Obama's Agenda, Not His Strategy (From Netroots Nation)

Ari Melber | Posted 09.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Specter, Valerie Jarrett, Ari Melber, Public Option, Netroots Nation, Clinton Netroots Nation, Clinton Blog, Bill Clinton, Susie Madrak, Sestak, Marcy Wheeler, Grassley, Death Panel, Lane Hudson, Media News
Ari Melber

Netroots Nation also drew a rather unlikely guest: Arlen Specter, the resilient, 79-year-old pol who has now managed to seriously rile the base of both political parties.

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Is Obama Just Another Politician?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Healthcare Industry, Valerie Jarrett, Senate Finance Committee, Netroots Nation, Public Option, New York Times, Healthcare Reform, Barack Obama, Healthcare, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

Is Obama a Linconesque compromiser or is he just another politician who will sell out any principle just to get re-elected?

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Valerie Jarrett To Also Vacation In Martha's Vineyard

politico.com | AMIE PARNES & EAMON JAVERS | | Posted 09.07.2009 | Style

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But the holidays are here at last. Vice President Joe Biden will vacation on Kiawah Island in South Carolina for the next week. Senior adviser Valerie...

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Business Leaders Surprised By Wide Access To Obama

BusinessWeek | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

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Business leaders also agree they have had surprisingly wide access to the President and his top advisers. Some even say the doors are more open than t...

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Can Obama Advisor Valerie Jarrett Help Get Health Care Done?

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

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Joanne Bamberger

If anyone can keep President Obama on track on this issue, it's Jarrett.

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Jarrett: Chicago-Staffed White House Not The City's '51st Ward'

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 08.25.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Obama White House Chicagoans, Michelle Obama, Valerie Jarrett, Arne Duncan, Tina Tchen, Daniel Hornung, Obama Administration, Susan Sher, Barack Obama, David Axelrod, Obama Chicago, Mayor Daley, Desiree Rogers, The Chicago Way, Peter Cunningham, Chicago News

In Washington, the relationships among the key players in government are subject to speculation and fascination over whether there is a "Chicago way" ...

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