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Author and journalist Kate Andersen Brower detailed the experiences of those who often work behind the scenes at the White House, ensuring everything functions smoothly while serving the first family, while discussing her new book, “The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House,” Wednesday night.

Brower said staffers who often work with first families for up to 30 or 40 years, develop close relationships with them.

Deborah K. Jones, a former U.S. Ambassador to Libya, spent 37 years as a career diplomat, serving as ambassador to Kuwait from 2008 to 2011, and assuming various other posts throughout the Middle East, Africa and South America. In a lecture titled “Enduring U.S. Interests in the Near East,” held Wednesday afternoon, Jones also discussed how the United States can continue to maintain its strategic interests in the Middle East while cooperating with governments and rebel factions in the region.

[Fleetwood] promises food ‘round the clock, a pair of the dirtiest bathrooms to ever grace mankind and, most importantly, a dining experience like no other.

On any college campus, coffee indisputably reigns supreme,