Rahm Emanuel, Arne Duncan, Valerie Jarrett at youth violence summit in Washington

By Lynn Sweet

WASHINGTON–Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday will take part in an Obama administration National Summit on Preventing Youth Violence–as Chicago police are grappling with the crime surge in the city.

Among the participants: Attorney General Eric Holder, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs Mary Lou Leary, White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Gil Kerlikowske.

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