"Special Projects"?

David Simas
Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Political Strategy & Outreach. He served as a/an:

• Deputy Assistant to the President for Special Projects 2010-2011, and as
• Special Assistant to the President, and 
• aide to Senior Advisers David Plouffe and David Axelrod 2009-2010

Prior to joining the White House, Mr. Simas was the Director of Opinion Research for the Obama for America Presidential re-election campaign.

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Neil Eggleston