White House Internship Program

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The White House Internship Program was unpaid until 2022,{{cite web|last=Fox|first=Emily|title=White House under pressure to pay its interns|url=https://money.cnn.com/2013/08/20/news/economy/unpaid-intern-white-house/|publisher=CNNMoney|date=August 22, 2013|access-date=May 29, 2016}}{{cite web|last=Lurie|first=Stephen|title=Stephen Lurie: Why won’t President Obama pay his interns?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/stephen-lurie-why-wont-president-obama-pay-his-interns/2014/04/22/902257fa-ca64-11e3-93eb-6c0037dde2ad_story.html|work=Washington Post|date=April 23, 2014|access-date=May 29, 2016}}{{cite web|last=Fisher|first=Julia|title=Revealed: The Insiders Whose Kids Got White House Internships|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/114844/white-house-internships-go-kids-top-democrats|work=The New Republic|date=September 24, 2013|access-date=May 29, 2016}} when President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan spending bill that set aside $4.5 million to pay White House interns.{{Cite web |last=Kaplan |first=Juliana |title=White House internships will be paid for the first time, opening the doors of the prestigious program to lower-income applicants |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-internships-paid-for-first-time-unpaid-internships-unequal-2022-3 |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}} Interns must be U.S. citizens and at least 18 years of age, and must be either a current student, recent graduate, or veteran of the United States Armed Forces.{{cite web|title=Selection Process|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/participate/internships/selection|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|access-date=May 29, 2016}} Those selected for the program are able to work in one of sixteen available presidential departments.{{cite web|title=Presidential Department Descriptions|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/participate/internships/departments|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|access-date=May 29, 2016}}

The White House Internship Program is split into three semester seasons: summer, fall, and spring.{{cite web|title=Internship Timeline and FAQs|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/participate/internships/FAQs|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|access-date=May 29, 2016}}

In addition to the opportunity to work in the Executive Office of the President, the White House Internship Program also includes a speaker series, tours to sites around Washington, D.C., opportunities to volunteer in the community, and attendance at special events.{{cite web|title=The White House Internship Program: Internship Program Description|url=https://clinton5.nara.gov/internship/program.html|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration|access-date=May 29, 2016}}

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• Huma Abedin
• Julian Castro
• Mimi Alford{{cite web|title=JFK intern Mimi Alford shares story of her affair with Kennedy in new book. Relevant? Historian Robert Dallek says yes|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/jfk-intern-mimi-alford-shares-story-of-her-affair-with-kennedy-in-new-book-relevant-historian-robert-dallek-says-yes/2012/02/06/gIQAFgF1uQ_blog.html|work=The Washington Post|date=February 7, 2012|access-date=May 29, 2016}}
• Brent Barton
• Jaime Herrera Beutler{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://herrerabeutler.house.gov/biography/|publisher=U.S. House of Representatives|access-date=May 29, 2016}}
• Neil Cavuto{{cite web|title=Neil Cavuto|url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/person/c/neil-cavuto.html|publisher=Fox Business Network|access-date=May 29, 2016}}
• Ben Coes
• Misha Collins{{cite video|title=Misha talks about his experience interning at the White House|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x23f5rPItg|date=August 9, 2011|access-date=May 29, 2016}}
• Rodney Mims Cook, Jr.
• Rod Dembowski{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://vote4rod.com/pages/1/biography/|access-date=May 29, 2016}}
• Monique Dorsainvil{{cite web|title=White House Author|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/author/monique-dorsainvil|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|access-date=May 29, 2016}}
• Anita Dunn{{cite web|last=Martin|first=Jonathan|title=Anita Dunn heads to the White House|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2009/04/anita-dunn-heads-to-the-white-house-021959|publisher=Politico|date=April 30, 2009|access-date=May 29, 2016}}{{cite web|title=Strategizing for the President, and Corporate Clients, Too|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/20/us/politics/anita-dunn-both-insider-and-outsider-in-obama-camp.html|work=New York Times|date=October 19, 2012|access-date=May 29, 2016}}
• Deesha Dyer{{cite web|last=Thompson|first=Krissah|title=Deesha Dyer: How a hip-hop lover from Philly became social secretary|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/deesha-dyer-how-a-hip-hop-lover-from-philly-became-social-secretary/2015/05/07/97f93098-ef48-11e4-8abc-d6aa3bad79dd_story.html|work=Washington Post|date=May 7, 2015|access-date=May 29, 2016}}
• Jim Ferrell{{cite web|title=Jim Ferrell|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20020903/ferrell_jim/jim-ferrell|work=Seattle Times|access-date=May 29, 2016}}
• Trey Martinez Fischer
• Andrew Leon Hanna

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• Michael H. Herson{{cite web|last=Wong|first=Kristina|title=A Capital success, from the ground up|url=https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/lobbyist-profiles/260358-a-capital-success-from-the-ground-up/|work=The Hill|date=November 17, 2015|access-date=May 29, 2016}}
• David Hughes
• Monica Lewinsky
• Daniel Lorenzetti
• Trip MacCracken
• Roger Manno
• Kayleigh McEnany
• Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr.{{cite web|last=Havard|first=Kate|title=Unspun: Del. Keiffer Mitchell, Jr.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/unspun-del-keiffer-mitchell-jr/2013/03/22/b364e8f8-9271-11e2-bdea-e32ad90da239_story.html|work=Washington Post|date=March 22, 2013|access-date=May 29, 2016}}
• Lisa Monaco{{cite web|title=White House Interns Kept on Sidelines|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jan-25-mn-12041-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=January 25, 1998|access-date=May 29, 2016}}
• Lewis J. Paper
• Tan Parker{{cite web|title=Rep. Parker Biography|url=https://house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=63|publisher=Texas House of Representatives|access-date=May 29, 2016}}
• Erik Prince{{cite web|title=Mr. Prince Goes to Washington: Blackwater Founder Testifies Before Congress|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2007/10/3/mr_prince_goes_to_washington_blackwater|work=Democracy Now!|date=October 3, 2007|access-date=May 29, 2016}}
• Richard Norton Smith{{cite web|title=Biography of Richard Norton Smith|url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/government/smith-bio.html|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|access-date=May 29, 2016}}
• Michael Tubbs{{cite news | title =Michael Tubbs Lands President Obama’s Endorsement in Stockton Mayor's Race | newspaper =CaliforniaCityNews.org | date =November 3, 2016 | url =https://www.californiacitynews.org/2016/11/michael-tubbs-lands-president-obama%E2%80%99s-endorsement-stockton-mayors-race.html | access-date =November 5, 2019 }}
• Brian Williams{{cite web|title=A Brief History of Interns|url=http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1913474,00.html|work=Time|date=July 30, 2009|access-date=May 29, 2016}}
• Tyrone Yates

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• White House Fellows
• Presidential Management Fellows Program
• Presidential Innovation Fellows
• United States Digital Service

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