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Obama White House will have an Office of Urban Policy.
Valerie Jarrett, transition co-chair for President-elect Barack Obama, announced that the Obama administration would create a White House chief of urban policy . Since there are “so many different agencies that really can impact urban America,” Jarrett said, “to have one ...
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
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White House Office of Urban Policy
Matthew Yglesias — ... Obama wants to have one. I think that’s a great idea. The Department of Housing and Urban Development is a bit oddly conceived in my view since obviously much housing isn’t in urban areas and many policies that have nothing to do with HUD’s mandate have a large impact on our cities. And when life gives you cabinet department organizational schemes that don’t really make sense, you need to make lemonade a White House office to coordinate across agencies. ...

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