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Valerie Jarrett
| Valerie Jarrett |
Senior Advisor to the President
From: January 21, 2009 to January 20, 2017 |
| Predecessor |
Karl Rove |
| Successor |
Jared Kushner
Steven Miller |
| Information |
| Party |
Democrat |
Valerie Jarrett and Rolling Stone reporter Michael Hastings at Obama's 2012 victory party. Hastings became a vocal critic of the Obama administration, Democratic Party and surveillance state. His last story, Why Democrats Love to Spy On Americans,[1] was published by BuzzFeed eleven days before his death. He was killed while working on a profile of CIA Director John O. Brennan.
Valerie Jarrett is the most trusted senior adviser to president Barack Obama. According to Conservative Report, Jarrett was the key decision-maker on the night of the Benghazi attacks.[2]
Jarrett is the daughter-in-law of Vernon Jarrett, a prominent Chicago journalist who supported the aborted candidacy of former Vice-President Henry A. Wallace on the Progressive ticket in 1948.
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Early and Personal Life
Jarrett was born Valerie June Bowman November 14, 1956 in Shiraz, Iran, to African-American parents James E. Bowman and Barbara Taylor Bowman. Her father was Chair of pathology at Nemazee Hospital in Iran. When Valerie was 5, her family moved to London for a year, and later to Chicago, in 1963.[3] In 1983 she married William Robert Jarrett, whom she had known since childhood, son of a Chicago Sun-Times reporter. When their daughter Laura was born, Jarrett switched to public service in an effort to do something that would make her proud. [4] She separated from Jarrett in 1987 and divorced in 1988.
Communist Background
Jarrett comes from a long lineage of marxist and communist family members and is the one responsible for "bringing the revolutionary communist Van Jones into the Administration six years ago.[5]"
Education
Northfield Mount Hermon grad. 1974 Stanford University, M.A. Psychology 1978 University of MI Law School, J.D. 1981 [6]
Political career
Jarrett began her career in Chicago politics working for Mayor Harold Washington [7] as Deputy Corporation Counsel for Finance and Development.[8] She continued serving as Deputy Chief of Staff for Mayor Richard Daley. She was responsible for hiring Michelle Robinson, from a private law firm. Michelle was then engaged to Barack Obama.[9] She later served in other positions in Chicago. Immediately before joining the Obama administration, she was CEO of a real estate development company. She is one of three senior advisors to Obama.
See also
References
- Jump up↑ https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mhastings/why-democrats-love-to-spy-on-americans
- Jump up↑ #Benghazi: Valerie Jarrett, Commander-in-Chief http://conservativereport.org/benghazi-valerie-jarrett-cic/ Accessed December 6, 2015.
- Jump up↑ "2-Min Bio: Valerie Jarrett", Time, November 11, 2008
- Jump up↑ van Meter, Jonathan (October 2008), "Barack's Rock", Vogue, retrieved December 15, 2008
- Jump up↑ The Communist Family Tree of Valerie Jarrett. FrontPage Magazine (June 26, 2015).
- Jump up↑ Valerie Jarrett to leave University of Chicago posts for White House, University of Chicago, January 9, 2009, "...Stanford University in 1978 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School in 1981"
- Jump up↑ "Campaign 2008: The Family Friend: Valerie Jarrett". Newsweek. May 19, 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2008
- Jump up↑ Valerie Jarrett to lead expanded Board of University of Chicago Medical Center" (Press release). University of Chicago News Office. June 13, 2006
- Jump up↑ Valerie Jarrett to lead expanded Board of University of Chicago Medical Center" (Press release). University of Chicago News Office. June 13, 2006
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