Rahm Emanuel

By rss@youtube.com (thepolitico) Gov. Rod Blagojevich says the testimony of senior White House staffers Rahm Emanuel and Valerie Jarrett would prove he is innocent. Author: thepolitico Keywords: politico blago gov blago blagojevich Added: January 23, 2009

By The Huffington Post News Team We're your friends and the president is pro-choice, chief of staff Rahm Emanuel reminded the group of 15 or so women. There's no need for anger here, senior adviser and Obama confidante Valerie Jarrett offered, according to people knowledgeable about the session, who spoke on condition...

By ABCNews.com White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, senior advisor Valerie Jarrett and Domestic Policy Council director Melody Barnes, health care reform czar Nancy-ann DeParle and other White House officials met with a dozen officials from liberal women's and abortion right's groups this aft...

By Domenico Montanaro The Washington Post writes that “Obama continues to support the concept of a government-sponsored insurance option, but ‘he is not demanding that it is in" the final legislation, Valerie Jarrett, a senior White House adviser, said on NBC's ‘Meet the Press.’ ‘He thinks it's the best poss...

WASHINGTON--The three top Chicagoans in the White House (other than President Obama and First Lady Michelle)--Valerie Jarrett, David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel-- are deployed to the Sunday shows, the first time, I believe that the three have been on separate shows on the same morning.

By Annie Lowrey So, Rio de Janeiro has won the 2016 summer Olympics, dashing the hopes of Chicagoans, including President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, adviser Valerie Jarrett, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, and, to boot, Oprah Winfrey.

Former Gov. Blagojevich, awaiting trial on public corruption charges, including how he allegedly tried to sell a Senate seat, writes in his new book, The Governor, about how White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel--then a Congressman--tried to get a placeholder in his House seat in case...

By Andrew Malcolm CNN's "State of the Union With John King": White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), CNN's Mary Matalin and James Carville, ex-Clinton Chief of Staff John Podesta, former Reagan Chief of Staff Ken D...

By The Huffington Post News Editors Two of the administration's highest-profile members of the Jewish faith plan to miss the dinner. Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel doesn't plan to attend and Axelrod expects to be in Chicago with his family. Obama's move won quick praise from the National Jewish Democratic Council.

By The Huffington Post News Team totally mundane event PLUS dollop of "insider" jargon ("upper press") x URGENT LEADER ("Spotted!") = START CLEARING OUT ROOM AT THE NEWSEUM, FOR THIS STUFF!!! Here's a bonus: This is a five second video of Valerie Jarrett handing Rahm Emanuel a Blackberry. It was picked up by Politico, as...

By Ewen MacAskill in Chicago The inner circle in the White House will be overwhelmingly Chicagoan. His two chief advisers, David Axelrod and Valerie Jarrett, are both long-time associates from the city, and his White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, is another.

By Brent Baker GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Well, yesterday, Charlie, the President-elect talked about the blend in the cabinet. It’s all but done now, you see, it had a nod to both governing and politics. In the White House, the President-elect has core Chicago loyalists -- Rahm Emanuel, Valerie Jarrett, D...