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Obama Names Valerie Jarrett White House Senior Adviser
Jarrett was thought as a possible replacement for Obama's Senate seat
Source: Obama wants Valerie Jarrett to replace him in Senate
Source: Obama wants Valerie Jarrett to replace him in Senate
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — (CNN) — A prominent Democratic source close to Barack Obama confirmed Sunday that Valerie Jarrett is Obama’s choice to replace him in the Senate. Jarrett is a Chicago lawyer and one of Obama’s closest advisers. She is also one of the leaders of ... (more) Source: Obama wants Valerie Jarrett to replace him in Senate
Sources: Jarrett headed to White House, not Senate
Sources: Jarrett headed to White House, not Senate
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — Valerie Jarrett is one of Barack Obama's closest advisers. (CNN) — Two Democratic sources close to President-elect Barack Obama tell CNN that top adviser Valerie Jarrett will not be appointed to replace him in the U.S. Senate. "While he ... (more) Sources: Jarrett headed to White House, not Senate
Obama Advisor Valerie Jarrett Linked to Real Estate Scandals
judicialwatch.org — Jarrett Managed Housing Project Deemed "Uninhabitable" Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents linking Valerie Jarrett , an advisor ... (more) Obama Advisor Valerie Jarrett Linked to Real Estate Scandals
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Breaking: Obama Picks Jarrett As Top Advisor... Breaking: Obama Advisor Jarrett Tied to Rezko Real Estate Scandal
Gateway Pundit — BREAKING: Barack Obama named his longtime friend and supporter Valerie Jarrett as his senior advisor today. FOX News reported: President-elect Barack Obama is naming his longtime friend and supporter Valerie Jarrett to be his White House senior adviser. Jarrett, who hired Michelle Obama for a job in the Chicago mayor's office years ago, is one of the president-elect's closest friends and advisers. Her name has been floated for several top administration jobs. But Obama settled on the senior adviser role, said a ...

Obama Picks Valerie Jarrett, Tied to Rezko Real Estate Scandals, As Top Advisor
Stop The ACLUFeel the change! President-elect Barack Obama is naming his longtime friend and supporter Valerie Jarrett to be his White House senior adviser. Jarrett, who hired Michelle Obama for a job in the Chicago mayor’s office years ago, is one of the president-elect’s closest friends and advisers. Her name has been floated for several top administration jobs. But Obama settled on the senior adviser role, said a person close to the president-elect and willing to speak only on background because the decision has not been officially announced. A White House senior adviser can handle a ...

Who is Valerie Jarrett, senior White House adviser to Barack Obama?
Doug Ross @ Journal — This week President-Elect Obama named Valerie Jarrett his senior White House adviser . Who is Ms. Jarrett? [image] Certainly she is a long-time friend of and fundraiser for Barack Obama. But her ties to failed and fraudulent real estate deals in Chicago are of the most concern. [image] [image] Earlier this year The Boston Globe reported on the stunning failures of Jarrett's companies . "Jarrett is the chief executive of Habitat Co., which managed Grove Parc Plaza from 2001 until this [past] winter and co-managed an even larger subsidized complex in Chicago that ...

A walk in the Parc
Belmont Club — ... One day in the summer of 1991, when Valerie Jarrett was Chicago mayor Richard Daley’s deputy chief of staff, the woman who worked in the office next door to Jarrett handed her the resume of one Michelle La Vaughn Robinson. … On the cover letter, someone at City Hall had written something like THIS WOMAN IS NO LONGER INTERESTED IN BEING AT HER LAW FIRM. SHE WANTS TO BE IN GOVERNMENT AND GIVE BACK. Michelle La Vaughn Robinson of course, is now Michelle Obama and Valerie Jarrett is now Barack Obama’s senior White House adviser . The Vogue article passingly mentions Jarrett’s ...

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