In 2009, David Axelrod served as a senior advisor to President Barack Obama.
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The Michael Berry ShowSep 23, 2026
Multiple sources, including PolitiFact (2009) describing David Axelrod as senior adviser to President Barack Obama, and the White House photo and biographical records, confirm he held the senior advisor role from January 20, 2009 onward, so the 2009 claim holds.
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Supports. PolitiFact's 2009 fact-check describes David Axelrod as senior adviser to President Barack Obama in an August 2009 email.[1]
Supports. Wikipedia's infobox lists Axelrod as Senior Advisor to the President with a term beginning January 20, 2009, ending January 10, 2011.[4]
Supports. A 2009 Reuters photo caption identifies Axelrod as Senior Advisor alongside Obama at the White House in March 2009.[2]
Supports. Multiple biographical sources, including Frontline and a 2016 CPR profile, state he worked as senior adviser in the Obama White House from 2009 to 2011.[3][5]
Context. No source contradicts the claim; the claim is a faithful extraction of the passage's statement.
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5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1Axelrod gets it right on vet benefitspolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Inside the White Housereuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3David Axelrod | FRONTLINEpbs.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4David Axelrod - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5"Thanks, Obama..." Reflecting on the Obama Era with Former ...cpr.org · not rated · cited for: supports
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