A rare look inside Huma Abedin’s relationship with Hillary Clinton

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A rare look inside Huma Abedin’s relationship with Hillary Clinton
 
BY Elise Viebeck October 7 at 6:15 AM  



Senior Hillary Clinton staffer Huma Abedin helps her boss order during a quick stop at Omar’s in Newark, N.J., on Wednesday, June 1, 2016. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post)

Few people know this, but Huma Abedin and Hillary Clinton celebrated their professional anniversary in September: it’s been 20 years since the two first started working side-by-side.

Now, with the election roughly 30 days away, many are wondering how Abedin’s role might evolve in a Hillary Clinton White House. Would she continue on as Clinton’s body woman, confidante, fixer, mind-reader? Or after two decades, is she (understandably) ready for a change?

Abedin gave a few hints in a little-noticed episode of the feminist podcast “Call Your Girlfriend” released earlier this year. (Unfortunately, the interview took place before the recent news of Abedin’s marital separation from incorrigible sexter and ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner. So no new revelations there.)

“I prefer to be behind-the-scenes and stay behind-the-scenes,” the famously private Abedin told hosts Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman in March. “It does take a village to support Hillary Clinton. I am part of that village … I help keep the trains moving on time.”

Some people tuned into Clinton-world gossip believe Abedin could play a role somewhat like Valerie Jarrett’s if Clinton wins the election. Jarrett, the White House staff member most intimately involved in the Obama family, holds the title “senior adviser” and uses it to delve into a wide range of issues (some might say too many).

Then again, Abedin is like a daughter to Clinton (the affection is mutual: on the podcast,  Abedin called her “one of the greatest American women in the history of the world”); she’s not the sister-mother-“First Friend” figure the Obamas have in Jarrett. So some envision Abedin as an assistant to the president or deputy chief of staff instead. Either post could allow her to remain, literally, at Clinton’s right hand.

Amid all the speculation, it’s worth remembering one thing: congressional Republicans’ deep antipathy toward Clinton’s closest aides, including Abedin, who was called for a day-long deposition in the House’s latest Benghazi probe.

Outside Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) — remember in 2012 when a group of Republicans accused Abedin of participating in a Muslim Brotherhood conspiracy to infiltrate the government and those two defended her? — it’s unlikely Republicans would give Abedin an easy time if she were nominated for a Senate-confirmed job. But, lucky for her, that’s highly unlikely.

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