Read more Valerie Jarrett stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/22838/valerie-jarrett.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:03:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74592/first-state-dinner-to-reveal-obama-a-listers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWashington notables are still scrambling for an invitation to the White House state dinner tonight in honor of Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh. The event, to be held in a heated tent on the South Lawn, will display who’s truly on Obama’s A-list, and the lobbying for a seat has...http://www.newser.com/story/74592/first-state-dinner-to-reveal-obama-a-listers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 1:42:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73035/jarrett-abdullah-quitting-isnt-a-complication.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSenior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett says Abdullah Abdullah's withdrawal from next weekend's runoff election in Afghanistan won't complicate the White House's decision-making process on a war strategy. But Jarrett tells George Stephanopoulos that the president's decision could slide back to late November. “The President will make a decision when...http://www.newser.com/story/73035/jarrett-abdullah-quitting-isnt-a-complication.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 01 Nov 2009 8:54:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72033/obama-bigwigs-take-aim-at-wall-street.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWall Street is getting ready to hand out some hefty bonuses, and the Obama administration is already crashing the party, with top aides loudly dressing down execs, framing them as would-be fat cats who only last year were on the public dole. "The bonuses are offensive," says David Axelrod, while...http://www.newser.com/story/72033/obama-bigwigs-take-aim-at-wall-street.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 12:18:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71956/white-house-fox-is-not-really-news.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe White House continued its scuffle with Fox News today, with Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace complaining on-air that the administration dissed its request for an interview, while top aides took to competing networks to denounce it. It's "not really news," David Axelrod told This Week. The network "has...http://www.newser.com/story/71956/white-house-fox-is-not-really-news.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 18 Oct 2009 11:29:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70756/in-blog-post-white-house-blasts-fox-news.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn an unprecedented move, the White House has excoriated one of its most vocal opponents in a blog post ripping Fox News. The post singles out Glenn Beck, saying his "program has shown that nothing is worthy of respect if it can be used as part of a partisan attack...http://www.newser.com/story/70756/in-blog-post-white-house-blasts-fox-news.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 14:26:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65071/obamas-best-pal-keeps-him-in-line.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen 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 say no to: Valerie Jarrett...http://www.newser.com/story/65071/obamas-best-pal-keeps-him-in-line.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 8:08:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59752/bidens-big-mouth-irks-obama-book.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe rocky relationship between President Obama and Joe Biden comes under scrutiny in a new book by a Newsweek reporter, Fox News reports. In Renegade: the Making of a President , Richard Wolffe writes that Obama is “distracted by his vice president's indiscipline” and has had to personally rebuke his gaffe-prone...http://www.newser.com/story/59752/bidens-big-mouth-irks-obama-book.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 21 May 2009 14:56:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57248/iran-prez-no-talks-without-preconditions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRebuffing President Obama’s call for beginning US-Iranian negotiations without preconditions, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pushed instead for a “clear-cut framework for talks.” In an interview from Tehran, the Iranian president told ABC’s This Week , “The agenda should be clear,” and complained that Obama didn’t respond to a congratulatory letter he sent the...http://www.newser.com/story/57248/iran-prez-no-talks-without-preconditions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 26 Apr 2009 10:07:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56351/in-jarrett-wall-st-finds-direct-line-to-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagValerie 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” of executives from Wall Street to Disney—...http://www.newser.com/story/56351/in-jarrett-wall-st-finds-direct-line-to-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Apr 2009 10:55:18 CDT