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...During Obama's presidential bid, DuBois rose to become national director of religious affairs, leading a team of up to eight campaign staffers and hundreds of volunteers...
Young people put Barack Obama in the White House, and the President hasn't been shy about bringing them with him. So it wasn't a surprise that Obama - who entrusted 27-year-old speechwriter Jon Favreau with crafting the soaring oratory that became his campaign's hallmark - would tap a relative neophyte to lead the new White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Joshua DuBois, the 26-year-old Pentecostal pastor who served as director of religious affairs for Obama's Presidential campaign, will oversee an office with a broader mission than it held under George...
...Received his undergraduate degree in political science from Boston University in 2003 and a master's in public affairs from Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School. Suspended his pursuit of a J.D. at the Georgetown University Law Center to join Obama's campaign...
...Received a form letter rejecting his application to join Obama's U.S. Senate campaign. Undeterred, he drove to Obama's office to pursue and interview, and was hired as a Senatorial aide working on faith-based outreach...
...Helped engineer Obama's participation in Rick Warren's Presidential Forum during the campaign, as well as the decision to tap the Saddleback church pastor for Obama's Inaugural invocation. The choice of Warren, who has espoused controversial views on topics ranging from gay marriage to political assassination, was maligned by many Democrats...