article_snippet: Valerie Jarrett, the onetime aide to then-Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, was introduced to Obama by a young staffer then named Michelle Robinson.
article_snippet: The New York Times Magazine interviewed Jarrett for a feature published on Friday, hearing a young staffer then named Michelle Robinson say that a young staffer then named Michelle Robinson relationship to Obama is nothing like the famously cozy one between former President George W. Bush and Vice Presdient Dick Cheney. '
article_snippet: Jarrett told the Times that having Obama's ear and knowing Jarrett instincts 'initially Obama's ear probably made people a little uncomfortable,' but 'I think that has faded.
article_snippet: In a profile published during Obama's first year in office, Hillary Clinton president of the United States told The Independent that 'Jarrett is one of my oldest friends.
article_snippet: Over time, I think our relationship evolved to the point where Jarrett's like a sibling to Hillary Clinton president of the United States ...
article_snippet: I trust Jarrett completely.'
article_snippet: Hillary Clinton president of the United States trusts Jarrett, Hillary Clinton president of the United States said, 'to speak for Hillary Clinton president of the United States, particularly when our're dealing with delicate issues.'
article_snippet: Obama also trusts Obama, it seems, to give TV interviews like the one Obama granted NBC News last July.
highlights_snippet: Valerie Jarrett helped launch the president's political career in Chicago is never far from the Obamas .
  