<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Valerie Jarrett: News &amp; Videos about Valerie Jarrett - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Valerie_Jarrett</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Valerie Jarrett from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:37:21 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Valerie Jarrett: News &amp; Videos about Valerie Jarrett - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Valerie_Jarrett</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Valerie Jarrett from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Valerie Jarrett balances roles of friend, official adviser to Obama</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/05/jarrett.malveaux/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/05/jarrett.malveaux/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Valerie Jarrett does not like to talk about herself.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Michelle Obama vows to strike Olympic gold for Chicago</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/29/michelle.obama.olympics/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/29/michelle.obama.olympics/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>First lady Michelle Obama vowed Monday to "take no prisoners" as she and her husband launch an unprecedented bid for Chicago's 2016 Olympic bid.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Obama's most trusted aide</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/29/martin.trusted.aide/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/29/martin.trusted.aide/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Five days after the 2008 presidential election, Steve Kroft of "60 Minutes" did a profile on "Obama's brain trust," four political veterans that he reported were the president-elect's most important team members: David Plouffe, Robert Gibbs, David Axelrod and Anita Dunn.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>King: Crisis and controversy dominate Sunday talk</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/26/john.king.political.roundup/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/26/john.king.political.roundup/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Our executive producer said it all, "All those people who told me that news never happens on Sunday mornings are out of their minds." 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