Behind the scenes in the Obama Whitehouse
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Journalist and political analyst Richard Wolffe speaks at the Commonwealth Club about his new book, Revival: The Struggle for Survival Inside the Obama White House.
The book gives a behind-the-scenes account of the first years of President Barack Obama's administration and details how the President's advisors are divided in factions, constantly vying for influence within the administration.
Richard Wolffe covered Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign for Newsweek. He is a columnist for The Daily Beast and a political analyst for MSNBC. His last book was Renegade: The Making of a President.
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