aside election night in chicago to tell me he wanted me to come work with him at the white house. i m only here because jay carney, jennifer palmieri and dan pfeiffer supported and encouraged me when i was the deputy and advocated for me when jay stepped down and benefited from the cabinet who have important responsibilities for part of their formal job description but tend to help me out every time i asked for it, denis mcdonough and susan rice and ben rhodes and i ve only been able to do this job because i have an incredible team around me. my assistants jeff tiller, antoinette rangel, now desiree barnes, all patiently supported a guy who let s face it, sometimes isn t so easy to assist. the white house stenographers, dominique dansky-berry, beck dori sine, amy seans, indicate mccor mick and peggy ntam.