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8 Surprises in Jodi Kantor’s Book ‘The Obamas’

Leave Sasha and Malia behind in Chicago? The Daily Beast speed-reads the new White House tell-all.

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If there are two words that are most often used to describe life inside the White House, they are probably “lonely” and “isolating.” Those are sentiments Barack and Michelle Obama have become quite familiar with since moving to their new, very public home, according to veteran New York Times reporter...

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