Jeanne Marie Laskas goes behind the scenes in the Whitehouse mailroom where it took “50 staff members, 36 interns, and a rotating roster of 300 volunteers” to read and process the 10,000 messages and letters President Barack Obama received each day during his eight-year presidency. Of the 10,000 pieces of correspondence, staffers were charged with choosing the ten letters that Obama read each day.
To Obama With Love, and Hate, and Desperation
Jeanne Marie Laskas | The New York Times Magazine | January 17, 2017 | 9,178 words
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