️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️  President Barack Obama's most secretive and controversial adviser is not going anywhere, despite six years of whisper campaigns and public derision offered up by Republicans. (Barack Obama's most secretive and controversial adviser is not going anywhere, despite six years of whisper campaigns and public derision offered up by Republicans.) <unk> President Barack Obama's most secretive and controversial adviser is not going anywhere, despite six years of whisper campaigns and public derision offered up by Republicans. Valerie Jarrett, the one-time aide to then-Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, was introduced to Obama by a young staffer then named Michelle Robinson. <unk> Valerie Jarrett, the one-time aide to then-Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, was introduced to Obama by a young staffer then named Michelle Robinson. <unk> <unk> <unk> It does not help her public image that she was born in Iran, albeit to American parents.<unk> It does not help her public image that she was born in Iran, albeit to American parents. ąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąą ąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąą During a July 2014 broadcast interview with NBC, Jarrett showed off her office <unk> including a picture frame decorated with figurines bowing to her. POWER: During a July 2014 broadcast interview with NBC, Jarrett showed off her office <unk> including a picture frame decorated with figurines bowing to her. Jarrett<unk>is<unk> closest<unk>advisor<unk>of<unk>the<unk>president<unk> but<unk>has<unk>never<unk>faced<unk> an<unk>election<unk>or<unk> a<unk> Senate<unk>confirmation<unk> vote. The New York Times Magazine<unk>interviewed Jarrett<unk>for a feature published on Friday, hearing her say that her relationship to Obama is nothing like the famously cozy one between former President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.<unk> The New York Times Magazine<unk>interviewed Jarrett<unk>for a feature published on Friday, hearing her say that her relationship to Obama is nothing like the famously cozy one between former President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. Please don't say that. 'Please don't say that. Stop right there,' she insisted. President listens to people who have interesting things to say<unk> that could be the most junior person on the staff or it could be a senior advisor or it could be a person who whispers something to him across a rope line. There's nothing new about close advisers in the White House, not even with the spacious West Wing office Jarrett has occupied since 2009.<unk> There's nothing new about close advisers in the White House, not even with the spacious West Wing office Jarrett has occupied since 2009. George W. Bush had Karen Hughes. Bill Clinton had Bruce Lindsey. Ronald Reagan had Michael Deaver. Thomas Jefferson had James Madison. NIGHT-STALKER: Jarrett has access to both the West Wing and the upstairs presidential residence, drawing resentment from other senior staff. ąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąą
Valerie Jarrett<unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> A Republican congressional aide says she 'Obama's Rasputin, subtly steering the ship of state'<unk> •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• in a conversation that Holder wasn't a part of.