Cassandra Butts, Former Deputy White House Counsel, Dies
Source: ABC News
Cassandra Butts, former deputy White House counsel and a classmate and friend of President Barack Obama, has died, her family and Obama said. She was 50.
Butts' family said in a statement that her sister found Butts dead Thursday in her Washington home. The statement said Butts had suffered from a brief illness.
Butts served as deputy counsel during Obama's first year in office. She left the next year to serve as a senior adviser to the Millennium Challenge Corp.
Obama nominated Butts in 2014 to be the U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas. Hers was one of several nominations that the Senate has failed to act on.
The president said in a statement
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Cross gently, Ms Butts.
More about Cassandra:
Cassandra Quin Butts (August 10, 1965 – May 26, 2016) was a United States lawyer, policy expert and former Deputy White House counsel. On December 23, 2008, Butts was selected by President-elect Obama to serve as Deputy White House Counsel, focusing on domestic policy and ethics. She was also on the advisory board for then-president-elect Barack Obama's presidential transition team. She stepped down as Deputy White Counsel in November 2009 and served as Senior Advisor in the Office of the Chief Executive Officer at the Millennium Challenge Corporation. In February 2014, Obama nominated her to be the ambassador to the Bahamas, but as of February 1, 2015 the Senate has yet to confirm her to the post. She was re-nominated to the position on Thursday, February 5, 2015.
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And she was yet another victim of Republican obstruction... 
... and beautiful. I'm so sorry to hear this. 
It's pretty telling when a nominee literally dies while waiting to be confirmed by the US Senate. Shame on you Mitch McConnell and Republican majority in the Senate. Shame. 
