I
n November 2004, Pete Souza began developing a story pitch
that would, in time, return him to one of the most coveted roles
in all of photojournalism. Souza—who served as official White
House photographer during Ronald Reagan’s second term—was
approached by Jeff Zeleny, then a reporter with the Chicago
Tribune’s Washington, D.C., bureau, to do a multi-part profile
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