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 In the [[presidency of George W. Bush|George W. Bush administration]], with the advent of electronic communication, the mail sent to the President increased considerably.<ref name="bushlib">{{cite web|url=https://www.georgewbushlibrary.smu.edu/Research/Finding-Aids/~/media/872364901E744183A23A06BC3C37660D.pdf | title = Presidential Correspondence, Office of | work=[[George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum]]}}</ref> The Bush administration also added a calligrapher to the Correspondence Office to prepare official photographs of the President with a visitor or dignitary to then send to that person as a gift. This calligrapher was separate from [[White House Chief Calligrapher|the calligrapher employed by the Chief Usher]] for official functions.<ref name="bushlib"/>
-In the first year of the [[presidency of Barack Obama|Obama administration]] the White House received tens of thousands of letters, parcels, and emails per day.<ref name=10letters>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/20/us/politics/20letters.html |title=Picking Letters, 10 a Day, That Reach Obama |date=2009-04-19 |author=Parker, Ashley |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=November 7, 2014}}</ref> President Barack Obama requested a representative sample of ten letters from the public every day.<ref name=10letters/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/magazine/what-americans-wrote-to-obama.html |title=To Obama With Love, and Hate, and Desperation |date= 2017-01-17 |last= Laskas |first= Jeanne Marie |author-link=Jeanne Marie Laskas |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=January 18, 2017}}</ref> His senior aides have acknowledged that the letters played an important role in informing the President's perceptions of how policies were impacting ordinary people. In December 2009, Natoma Canfield wrote to the President detailing her struggles against [[leukemia]] after losing her health insurance. The letter became a centerpiece of the White House effort to pass the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] through Congress in March 2010.<ref name="saslow">{{cite book |last=Saslow |first=Eli |title=Ten Letters: The Stories Americans Tell Their President |publisher=[[Random House]] |page=91 }}</ref> After the passage of the law, her letter was framed and hung on the wall outside the President's private office.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2012/06/28/natoma-canfields-letter-president-obama |title= Natoma Canfield's Letter to President Obama |date=June 28, 2012 |last= Schulman |first= Kori |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170209003052/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2012/06/28/natoma-canfields-letter-president-obama |archive-date= February 9, 2017 |via = [[NARA|National Archives]] |work = [[whitehouse.gov]] |access-date= November 7, 2014 }}</ref>
+In the first year of the [[presidency of Barack Obama|Obama administration]] the White House received tens of thousands of letters, parcels, and emails per day.<ref name=10letters>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/20/us/politics/20letters.html |title=Picking Letters, 10 a Day, That Reach Obama |date=2009-04-19 |author=Parker, Ashley |work=The New York Times |access-date=November 7, 2014}}</ref> President Barack Obama requested a representative sample of ten letters from the public every day.<ref name=10letters/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/magazine/what-americans-wrote-to-obama.html |title=To Obama With Love, and Hate, and Desperation |date= 2017-01-17 |last= Laskas |first= Jeanne Marie |author-link=Jeanne Marie Laskas |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 18, 2017}}</ref> His senior aides have acknowledged that the letters played an important role in informing the President's perceptions of how policies were impacting ordinary people. In December 2009, Natoma Canfield wrote to the President detailing her struggles against [[leukemia]] after losing her health insurance. The letter became a centerpiece of the White House effort to pass the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] through Congress in March 2010.<ref name="saslow">{{cite book |last=Saslow |first=Eli |title=Ten Letters: The Stories Americans Tell Their President |publisher=[[Random House]] |page=91 }}</ref> After the passage of the law, her letter was framed and hung on the wall outside the President's private office.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2012/06/28/natoma-canfields-letter-president-obama |title= Natoma Canfield's Letter to President Obama |date=June 28, 2012 |last= Schulman |first= Kori |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170209003052/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2012/06/28/natoma-canfields-letter-president-obama |archive-date= February 9, 2017 |via = [[NARA|National Archives]] |work = [[whitehouse.gov]] |access-date= November 7, 2014 }}</ref>
 In the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|first Trump administration]], Presidential Correspondence focused on military veterans and their families, Gold Star families, law enforcement, and first responders.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/womack-delivers-letter-to-local-wwii-veteran-from-donald-trump/527-40ebac20-10ed-4975-a241-5efb7c2af4f1|title=Womack Delivers Letter To Local WWII Veteran From Donald Trump|work=5 News|date=November 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/356570-gold-star-families-receive-rush-delivered-condolence-letters-from|title=Gold Star families receive condolence letters from Trump months after sons' deaths: report|work=The Hill|date=October 21, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local-veteran-receives-letter-from-president-trump/521-971a3b72-3c92-4750-8deb-188909a40644|title=Local veteran receives letter from President Trump|work=Fox 43|date=January 6, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://fox59.com/news/our-nation-owes-a-debt-of-gratitude-family-of-fallen-terre-haute-officer-receives-letter-from-president-trump/|title='Our Nation owes a debt of gratitude': Family of fallen Terre Haute officer receives letter from President Trump|work=Fox 59|date=July 3, 2018}}</ref> The youth correspondence team identified and escalated letters from children, including 8-year-old Fore Putnam who pled for help for his father with kidney failure and, after the White House called and intervened, received aid from a doctor in New York.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestate.com/news/state/north-carolina/article221719975.html|title=A worried boy tells President Trump his dad needs a kidney. Dad is now recovering|work=The State|date=November 15, 2018}}</ref> In a separate instance, 11-year-old Frank Giaccio offered to mow the White House lawn free of charge and was invited to mow the Rose Garden lawn alongside President Trump.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-surprises-high-fives-11-year-mowed-rose/story?id=49869503|title=11-year-old who mowed White House lawn said he wanted to charge Trump his 'regular price'|work=ABC News|date=September 15, 2017}}</ref>

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