“The higher you rise, the harder it is for people to give you bad news, and the harder it is to find friends you can trust,” explained senior White House advisor Valerie Jarrett. “And thus your circle shrinks.” As that circle shrank for one individual, who rose from being a community organizer on the streets of Chicago to occupying the most coveted office in the country, Jarrett became evermore important in counseling the now-President of the United States, Barack Obama.
Conversing with a Harvard Kennedy School audience last Friday, and introduced as the Nation’s First Friend by Professor of Public Service David Gergen, Jarrett was humble in her words, brilliant in her insights and passionate in her pursuits.
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