Obama's People
In December and early January, photographer Nadav Kander shot 52 portraits of Barack Obama's top advisors, aides, and members of his incoming administration.
These are their stories pictures.
Rahm Emanuel, White House Chief of Staff
Susan Rice, United Nations Ambassador
Lawrence Summers, National Economic Council Director
Christina Romer, Council of Economic Advisers Chair
Eugene Kang, Special Assistant to the President
Joe the Biden, Vice President
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House
Senator Robert Casey (D-PA)
Samantha Power, adviser
Patrick Gaspard, Political Affairs Director
Marvin Nicholson, White House Trip Director
Reggie Love, personal assistant to the president
Ellen Moran, Communications Director
Tom Daschle Secretary of Health and Human Services
David Axelrod, senior adviser
Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser
Robert Gibbs, Press Secretary
Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State
Jackie Norris, Michelle Obama's Chief of Staff
Pete Rouse, senior adviser
Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security
Representative James Clyburn (D-SC), Majority Whip
Cass Sustein, Administrator of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Denis McDonough, senior foreign policy aide
Mark W. Lippert, National Security Council Chief of Staff
James Jones, National Security Adviser
Desiree Rogers, White House Social Secretary
Representative Artur Davis (D-AL)
Peter Orszag, Director of Office of Management and Budget
Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Majority Whip
Cecilia Muñoz, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
Gregory Craig, White House Counsel
Eric Holder, Attorney General
Carol Browner, Energy and Climate Policy Coordinator
Mona Sutphen, Deputy White House Chief of Staff
Timothy Geithner, Treasury Secretary
Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior
Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense
Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO)
John Podesta, adviser
Jim Messina, Deputy White House Chief of Staff
Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy
Eric Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Alyssa Mastromonaco, White House Scheduling and Advance Director
Senator Harry Reid (D-NV), Majority Leader
Senator Jack Reed (D-RI)
Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor
Daniel Pfeiffer, Deputy Communications Director
Robert Bauer, personal lawyer
Mike Strautmanis, Chief of Staff to the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison
Jon Favreau, Director of My Pants Speechwriting
Melody Barnes, Domestic Policy Council Director
~behind the scenes pics~
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