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'''Valerie Jarrett''' is the most trusted senior adviser to president [[Barack Obama]].
'''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.<ref>#Benghazi: Valerie Jarrett, Commander-in-Chief http://conservativereport.org/benghazi-valerie-jarrett-cic/ Accessed December 6, 2015.</ref>
==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. <ref>"2-Min Bio: Valerie Jarrett", Time, November 11, 2008</ref>
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.
<ref>van Meter, Jonathan (October 2008), "Barack's Rock", Vogue, retrieved December 15, 2008</ref>
She separated from Jarrett in 1987 and divorced in 1988.
==Communist Background==
==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<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.frontpagemag.com/2015/john-perazzo/the-communist-family-tree-of-valerie-jarrett/ |title=The Communist Family Tree of Valerie Jarrett |work=[[FrontPage Magazine]] |date=June 26, 2015 }}</ref>."
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<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.frontpagemag.com/2015/john-perazzo/the-communist-family-tree-of-valerie-jarrett/ |title=The Communist Family Tree of Valerie Jarrett |work=[[FrontPage Magazine]] |date=June 26, 2015 }}</ref>."
==Education==
Northfield Mount Hermon grad. 1974
Stanford University, M.A. Psychology 1978
University of MI Law School, J.D. 1981
<ref>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"</ref>
==Political Career==
Jarrett began her career in Chicago politics working for Mayor Harold Washington <ref>"Campaign 2008: The Family Friend: Valerie Jarrett". Newsweek. May 19, 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2008</ref>
as Deputy Corporation Counsel for Finance and Development. <ref>Valerie Jarrett to lead expanded Board of University of Chicago Medical Center" (Press release). University of Chicago News Office. June 13, 2006</ref>
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. <ref>Valerie Jarrett to lead expanded Board of University of Chicago Medical Center" (Press release). University of Chicago News Office. June 13, 2006</ref> 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.
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