Secretary of Everything: Jared Kushner
By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer
Updated 4:51 PM ET, Mon April 3, 2017
As Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, descended into Baghdad on Monday, the highest-profile passenger aboard his military aircraft was neither a seasoned Iraq hand nor even someone who'd visited the country before.
It was Jared Kushner, the 36-year-old commercial real estate magnate, whose marriage to President Donald Trump's eldest daughter has thrust the otherwise inexperienced diplomat into the center of US foreign relations -- and seemingly every top issue facing the administration ...
Multiple White House and administration officials say Kushner has now eclipsed nearly all of Trump's West Wing and Cabinet advisers in terms of influence, establishing himself as the key envoy for those outside the administration -- including foreign diplomats, business executives and even some members of Congress -- to direct their bidding. He's also, by the way, running a government reform effort and spearheading criminal justice reform ...
As Trump enters his eleventh week in office, Kushner's role has expanded to include a globe-spanning collection of foreign assignments -- North America, the Middle East and China included. Even as Senate-confirmed foreign policy aides work to cement their influence within the administration and in foreign capitals, Kushner's already established role has grown to include duties typically assigned to a national security adviser or even a secretary of state ...
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