As America thrilled to the inauguration of its 44th president and a new First Lady, the West Wing was filling with a kaleidoscopic army of policy aces, whiz kids, and veteran advisers, all focused on the long-haul, no-drama work to which Barack has called them. These are the civilian front lines of “We the People,” photographed by Annie Leibovitz for the pages of Vanity Fair.

Former Macalester golfer Ben Finkenbinder '07 is working for Pres. Obama as an assistant press secretary and is one of the Leibovitz photos published by Vanity Fair.

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