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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1147037" data-attributes="member: 1246">Via <a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/valerie-jarrett-very-upbeat-despite-scandals-things-happen-we-will-move_732174.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank">Weekly Standard:</a>Valerie Jarrett, a top adviser to President Barack Obama, says she and the rest of the White House remain “very upbeat” despite the series of scandals that have engulfed the Obama administration in recent weeks.

“In any given day, our administration has about 2 million employees, and things happen,” Jarrett tells the <a href="http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/wellesley/2013/05/obama_aide_jarrett_defends_the.html" target="_blank">Boston Globe</a>. “We put in process procedures to make sure if there has been any wrongdoing, there will be appropriate consequences, and we will move on.”

Jarrett just wants to move on from the scandals. And, she says, the American people want these scandals not to serve as a distraction.
“We have every confidence that people within the White House have behaved appropriately,” Jarrett says. “People all around the country are counting on us not to get distracted or bogged down by this.”

She adds, “I think everybody knows he’s doing his best. … Our focus is moving the country forward.”[ed.- over the cliff]
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[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1147037, member: 1246"] Via [URL="http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/valerie-jarrett-very-upbeat-despite-scandals-things-happen-we-will-move_732174.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter"]Weekly Standard:[/URL] [INDENT]Valerie Jarrett, a top adviser to President Barack Obama, says she and the rest of the White House remain “very upbeat” despite the series of scandals that have engulfed the Obama administration in recent weeks. “In any given day, our administration has about 2 million employees, and things happen,” Jarrett tells the [I][URL="http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/wellesley/2013/05/obama_aide_jarrett_defends_the.html"]Boston Globe[/URL][/I]. “We put in process procedures to make sure if there has been any wrongdoing, there will be appropriate consequences, and we will move on.” Jarrett just wants to move on from the scandals. And, she says, the American people want these scandals not to serve as a distraction. “We have every confidence that people within the White House have behaved appropriately,” Jarrett says. “People all around the country are counting on us not to get distracted or bogged down by this.” She adds, “I think everybody knows he’s doing his best. … Our focus is moving the country forward.”[ed.- over the cliff] [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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