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Longtime Obama Friend Leaving White House

The White House announced today that Cassandra Q. Butts, a long-time friend of the President's who serves as his chief deputy in the White House Counsel's Office, will be leaving her post to become senior adviser to the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Full Article at Marc Ambinder

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