21st century

In 2006, former Duke basketball captain Reggie Love applied for a job in the office of a then-unknown Senator Barack Obama. Soon after that he found himself on Obama's presidential team, staying one step behind the president, but always thinking and acting three steps ahead. He became President Obama's personal aide, sitting yeards from the Oval Office and spending more time with him than anyone else. Love learned the same lessons from his Duke Coach Krzyzewski and the president: persistence, responsibility, and passion for a cause greater than yourself. During his time with President Obama, Love learned how all of these things not only lead to success but to a broader concept of adulthood.

America's first families are among the most private public figures on earth. Each new administration brings a unique set of personalities to the White House---and a new set of challenges to the fiercely loyal and hardworking people who serve them : the White House residence staff. Stories that are fifty years old, through ten presidential administrations, tell about the good times the bad times, and all the times in-between in this book.