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Subsequent administrations have rebranded the office. During his second term, President Obama renamed the office as the Office of Political Strategy and Outreach, though the roles and responsibilities of the office and its director remained.
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During the second term of the Reagan administration, there was a director of political and intergovernmental affairs who sat above the political director and
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The White House Office of Political Affairs was first formally established in 1981 during under
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Director of the Office of Political Strategy and Outreach (OPSO)
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President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
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was the first to designate a political director in 1978.
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