WASHINGTON - AUGUST 18: White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett speaks with invited guests following an event reading to school children at the Education Department August 18, 2009 in Washington, DC. Jarrett joined Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in reading to school children as part of the 'Read To The Top' program. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 months ago

WASHINGTON - AUGUST 18: White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett speaks with invited guests following an event reading to school children at the Education Department August 18, 2009 in Washington, DC. Jarrett joined Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in reading to school children as part of the 'Read To The Top' program.

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  1. Valerie Jarrett, one of President Barack Obama's top advisers, second left, talks to U.S. Under Secretary of State Maria Otero, third left, after receiving ceremonial scarves during a visit to the Tibetan Children's Village School in Dharmsala, India, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009.
  2. Senior White House Advisor Valerie Jarrett, right, watches a joint news conference of U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak at the Blue House in Seoul, South Korea. Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.
  3. Senior White House Advisor Valerie Jarrett watches a joint news conference of U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak at the Blue House in Seoul, South Korea. Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.
  4. US President Barack Obama (R) introduces Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (2nd R) to members of his staff, including White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs (L), senior adviser Valerie Jarrett (2nd L) and senior adviser David Axelrod (C) during meetings at Kantei, the Prime Minister's office and official residence, in Tokyo on November 13, 2009. Obama set foot in Asia for the first time as US president, arriving in Japan to launch a four-nation tour designed to shore up US power in a region increasingly dominated by rising giant China.
  5. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 04: White House Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett (L) talks to Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Mona Sutphen (R) as they walk toward the Marine One prior to their departure with President Barack Obama from the White House November 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama was travelling to Madison, Wisconsin, to deliver remarks on strengthening America's education system.
  6. Senior White House advisers listen to U.S. President Barack Obama as he meets with the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, November 2, 2009. From L-R are: Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Obama, and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett.
  7. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, left, and Rev. Jesse Jackson talk after Duncan spoke at the Grantmakers for Education's National Conference in the Westin Hotel in Chicago, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. The recent beating death of a Chicago high school student has brought Duncan along with Attorney General Eric Holder to Chicago to discuss youth violence with Mayor Richard M. Daley.
  8. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, left, and Rev. Jesse Jackson talk after Duncan spoke at the Grantmakers for Education's National Conference in the Westin Hotel in Chicago, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. The recent beating death of a Chicago high school student has brought Duncan along with Attorney General Eric Holder to Chicago to discuss youth violence with Mayor Richard M. Daley.
  9. Vice President Joseph Biden, flanked by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, left, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, speaks at Syracuse University in Syracuse, N.Y., Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009, during a meeting of the White House Task Force on Middle Class Families.
  10. U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, left, talks with state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, during a visit with state lawmakers at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2009.
  11. US President Barack Obama speaks from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on September 1, 2009. Obama hailed the first growth in the US manufactoring sector after 18 punishing months of decline as a sign of recovery and proof that his economic policies were working. Looking on are Education Secretary Arne Duncan (L) and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
  12. President Barack Obama stands with Education Secretary Arne Duncan, left, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, center, as he speaks about the H1N1 swine flu virus in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009.
  13. U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar sits for an interview as part of the Reuters Global Climate and Alternative Energy Summit in Washington September 8, 2009. Despite Washington's nearly single-minded focus on healthcare reform, the Obama administration still expects the U.S. Senate to pass climate change legislation, Salazar said on Tuesday.
  14. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, rear, embraces Sarah Wainio, sister of Flight 93 passenger Honor Elizabeth Wainio, right, with Campbell Peterson, left, and Peyton Peterson, grandsons of Flight 93 passengers Donald Peterson and Jean Hoadley Peterson, after taking part in the ground breaking for the Flight 93 National Memorial Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Shanksville, Pa.. Plans are to dedicate the memorial on Sept. 11, 2011.
  15. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, right rear, and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, left rear, lead the ground breaking for the Flight 93 National Memorial Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Shanksville, Pa. From foreground left, are Campbell Peterson, and Peyton Peterson, grandsons of Flight 93 passengers Donald Peterson and Jean Hoadley Peterson, and Sarah Wainio, sister of Flight 93 passenger Honor Elizabeth Wainio. Plans are for the memorial to be dedicated on Sept. 11, 2011.
  16. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, left, makes remarks before leading the ground breaking for the Flight 93 National Memorial Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Shanksville, Pa.. The dedication for the memorial is targeted for Sept. 11, 2011.

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