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These records consist of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests on specific topics or records.

The collection consists of Presidential records from White House Staff Member Office Files (SMOF), 2009-2017, who served in the administration of President Barack Obama.

The White House Office of Records Management (ORM), 2009- 2017, manages the office files of individual White House staff members as well as administration records.

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•Photos from the State Dinner in honor of France at the White House on February 11, 2014. The State Dinner honored President François Holland of France (23-00019-P)
•Photos from the State Dinner in honor of the United Kingdom at the White House on March 14, 2012. The State Dinner honored Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom and Mrs. Samantha Cameron (23-00018-P)
•Video footage filmed during President Obama’s visit to Seattle on October 21, 2010 (24-65276-F)
•Photographs of the President and First Lady with the Spring Intern Class on May 5, 2011 (24-61133-F)
•Photographs taken during a meeting regarding Federal Judicial Nominations in the Roosevelt Room on May 7, 2012 (24-58888-F)
•All footage from President Obama’s visit to the FBI headquarters on April 28, 2009 (24-58887-F)
•All photographs taken at President Obama’s event at Penn State University on February 3, 2011 (24-58885-F)
•Photographs of President Obama’s visit to Moneygall, Ireland on May 23, 2011 (24-58605-F)
•All files, correspondence, meetings, and calls between President Obama and actor Will Smith and/or his son Jaden Smith (22-21420-F)
•All files related to President Obama on the Jimmy Kimmel Show on March 12, 2015 (22-18744-F)

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