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Moderator Baratunde Thurston, left, listens to White House senior advisor Valerie Jarrett talk with the audience at a Netroots Nation Convention in Pittsburgh, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009.

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  1. A view of the White House as snow begins to fall in Washington, February 9, 2010. The second major snowstorm in less than a week hit the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday, with predictions of 12 inches (30.5 cm) or more stretching from Washington, D.C., to New York City, forcing schools to close and the U.S. Congress to sharply curtail legislative action.
  2. Snow falls on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington February 9, 2010. The second major snowstorm in less than a week hit the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday, with predictions of 12 inches (30.5 cm) or more stretching from Washington, D.C., to New York City.
  3. The snowy front lawn of the the White House is seen through a fence on the north lawn February 9, 2010. The second major snowstorm in less than a week hit the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday, with predictions of 12 inches (30.5 cm) or more stretching from Washington, D.C., to New York City.
  4. Snow accumulates on the fence at the White House as the snow begins to fall during an expected blizzard in Washington, February 9, 2010. The second major snowstorm in less than a week hit the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday, with predictions of 12 inches (30.5 cm) or more stretching from Washington, D.C., to New York City, forcing schools to close and the U.S. Congress to sharply curtail legislative action.
  5. A view of the White House as snow begins to fall in Washington, February 9, 2010. The second major snowstorm in less than a week hit the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday, with predictions of 12 inches (30.5 cm) or more stretching from Washington, D.C., to New York City, forcing schools to close and the U.S. Congress to sharply curtail legislative action.
  6. The left hand of White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs shows a shopping list featuring "Eggs, Milk, Hope and Change", the latter two words used heavily in U.S. President Barack Obama's 2008 Presidential campaign, during Gibbs' daily news briefing at the White House in Washington February 9, 2010.
  7. A woman crosses Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington February 9, 2010. The federal government announced it would remain closed on Tuesday and most schools planned to shut down as residents of the mid-Atlantic struggled to dig out from a blizzard that dumped two feet (0.6 metres) of snow on the region.
  8. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs reads the words "Eggs, Milk, Bread (crossed out), Hope, and Change" written in marker on his hand as he briefs reporters after President Barack Obama made an unannounced visit to the James Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been seen with hand written notes on her hands in recent public appearances.
  9. Senior White House Adviser Valerie Jarrett, left, and Budget Director Peter Orszag, listen during the opening session of the Forum on Modernizing Government, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington.
  10. Valerie Jarrett, White House senior adviser, appears on NBC's "Meet the Press", in Washington January 24, 2010.
  11. Valerie Jarrett, White House senior adviser, appears on NBC's "Meet the Press", in Washington January 24, 2010.
  12. White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, front, and other passengers depart Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. The group and President Barack Obama traveled to Wilmington, Del. to attend the funeral for Vice President Joe Biden's mother Jean Biden.
  13. Republican congressional members sit as, in foreground, from left, Senior White House Adviser Valerie Jarrett, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Economic Council Chair Christina Romer stand and applaud as President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010.
  14. In this Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010, photo provided by Meet the Press, White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett speaks on NBC's "Meet the Press" at their studio in Washington.
  15. In this Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010, photo provided by Meet the Press, White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett speaks on NBC's "Meet the Press" at their studio in Washington.
  16. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 22: (AFP-OUT) Flanked by Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner (L) and senior advisor Valerie Jarrett, President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with CEOs of several small and community banks December 22, 2009 in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, DC. They discussed lending to small businesses and regulatory reform among other topics.

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