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Who Is Jared Kushner?

President Trump’s son-in-law and White House senior adviser has a growing list of responsibilities.

Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and White House senior adviser, has a growing list of responsibilities.

He set up Trump’s meeting this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping. He’s working on the U.S. relationships with China and with Mexico. He’s leading the efforts to broker peace between Israel and the Palestinians. He’s leading the White House Office of American Innovation, which is tackling federal bureaucracy, opioid addiction and veteran health care. And on Monday he traveled to Iraq with the chairman

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