Trump, Obama aides on the job
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![President Trump and Communications Director Alyssa Farah at the White House](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/06/11/USAT/6f2d3e6e-68cd-446e-8130-887743bc1643-image9.jpeg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
President Trump and Communications Director Alyssa Farah at the White House
Official White House Photograph Archives![President Barack Obama walks with Johanna Maska, Deputy Director of Advance and Director of Press Advance, during an unannounced stop at Galesburg High School in Galesburg, Illinois in 2011.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/06/11/USAT/4596bd49-a815-4547-876b-f74420ea8e2a-P081711PS-0708.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
President Barack Obama walks with Johanna Maska, Deputy Director of Advance and Director of Press Advance, during an unannounced stop at Galesburg High School in Galesburg, Illinois in 2011.
Pete Souza![Communications Director Alyssa Farah joins Secretary of Defense Mark Esper in Kabul, Afghanistan in February 2020 for the announcement of peace talks with the Taliban and Afghan government.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/06/11/USAT/1850f4d0-9c98-4c1f-af31-7c75acb65eb3-2E4E399F-0869-4C9A-9967-E7F87399B267.jpeg?width=660&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Communications Director Alyssa Farah joins Secretary of Defense Mark Esper in Kabul, Afghanistan in February 2020 for the announcement of peace talks with the Taliban and Afghan government.
Alyssa Farah![Johanna Maska exits a Chinook Helicopter before an official visit in Baghdad, Iraq in 2011.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/06/11/USAT/6c0032f3-cbc4-4786-a228-397443fd9101-Johanna_Armor_Iraq-2.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Johanna Maska exits a Chinook Helicopter before an official visit in Baghdad, Iraq in 2011.
David Lienemann![Communications Director Alyssa Farah in the Oval Office.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/06/11/USAT/9fb632b9-808b-4a1f-8586-4635a0e6e26f-P20200831TD-0177.jpeg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Communications Director Alyssa Farah in the Oval Office.
Official White House Photograph ArchivesJohanna Maska directs preparations ahead of President Barack Obama's 2013 press conference with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, the West Bank.
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