To Obama With Love, and Hate, and Desperation

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.

Published: Jan 17, 2017
Length: 36 minutes (9,178 words)
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