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Senior White House Adviser Valerie Jarrett speaks about health care during a town hall meeting with President Barack Obama, not shown, Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at the Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va.

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  4. House Minority Leader John Boehner (C), R-OH, chats with Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member John McCain (L), R-AZ, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, near the West Wing after a meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan with US President Barack Obama October 6, 2009 at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama Tuesday sat down with senior lawmakers driving a raging debate on US Afghan strategy, as he works towards a decision on whether to send thousands more troops to war. Democratic and Republican leaders plus top members of key congressional committees met the president at the White House touting sharply conflicting visions of the next steps in the unpopular eight-year US military operation. Obama is methodically working through an internal policy review after US commander General Stanley McChrystal warned the war could be lost within a year without more troops, and reportedly asked for 40,000 more men.
  5. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 06: U.S Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (R) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (L) walk away from reporters after talking outside the White House following a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama along with other members of Congress October 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama met with Congressional leadership and the chairs and ranking members of the relevant committees to discuss planning for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  6. U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) speak about their meeting between Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and Pakistan at the White House in Washington, October 6, 2009.
  7. WASHINGTON - AUGUST 18: Education Secretary Arne Duncan (L), White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett (C) and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (R) take part in an event reading to school children at the Education Department August 18, 2009 in Washington, DC. Jarrett, Duncan, and Salazar read to school children as part of the 'Read To The Top' program.
  8. WASHINGTON - AUGUST 18: White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett (C), Education Secretary Arne Duncan (L) and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (R) take part in an event reading to school children at the Education Department August 18, 2009 in Washington, DC. Jarrett, Duncan, and Salazar read to school children as part of the 'Read To The Top' program.
  9. WASHINGTON - AUGUST 18: White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett (C), Education Secretary Arne Duncan (L) and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (R) take part in an event reading to school children at the Education Department August 18, 2009 in Washington, DC. Jarrett, Duncan, and Salazar read to school children as part of the 'Read To The Top' program.
  10. WASHINGTON - AUGUST 18: White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett arrives for an event to read 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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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