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'''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> | '''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> | ||
| − | Jarrett is the daughter-in-law of [[Vernon Jarrett]], a prominent Chicago | + | 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. |
==Early and Personal Life== | ==Early and Personal Life== | ||
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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.[1]
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.
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.[2] 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. [3] 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.[4]"
Education
Northfield Mount Hermon grad. 1974 Stanford University, M.A. Psychology 1978 University of MI Law School, J.D. 1981 [5]
Political career
Jarrett began her career in Chicago politics working for Mayor Harold Washington [6] as Deputy Corporation Counsel for Finance and Development.[7] 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.[8] 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
- ↑ #Benghazi: Valerie Jarrett, Commander-in-Chief http://conservativereport.org/benghazi-valerie-jarrett-cic/ Accessed December 6, 2015.
- ↑ "2-Min Bio: Valerie Jarrett", Time, November 11, 2008
- ↑ van Meter, Jonathan (October 2008), "Barack's Rock", Vogue, retrieved December 15, 2008
- ↑ The Communist Family Tree of Valerie Jarrett. FrontPage Magazine (June 26, 2015).
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ "Campaign 2008: The Family Friend: Valerie Jarrett". Newsweek. May 19, 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2008
- ↑ Valerie Jarrett to lead expanded Board of University of Chicago Medical Center" (Press release). University of Chicago News Office. June 13, 2006
- ↑ Valerie Jarrett to lead expanded Board of University of Chicago Medical Center" (Press release). University of Chicago News Office. June 13, 2006