Barack Obama Officiates Former Employees' Wedding

It's only January, but we can confidently say that two former Washington D.C. staffers are already having the best year any newlywed couple may have in 2018.

This past weekend on Sunday, January 21, general counsel for the Obama Foundation and President Barack Obama's personal office, Dana Remus, and senior director for intelligence programs on the National Security Council Stadd and special assistant to the President, Brett Holmgren, had a surprise for their guests attending their small wedding at the District Winery. According to the Washingtonianformer President Barack Obama had been asked to officiate the couple's wedding, to which he happily accepted. “We had decided to invite him because he was such an important part of our lives, we asked him if he could attend the wedding,” recalls Brett. “We also asked him if he could officiate, and he was intrigued with the idea.”

At first, Dana and Brett didn't know if the scheduling would work for Obama, but once the plans were figured out, they asked Reverend Oran Warder to speak at the service. Though the former first lady Michelle Obama was also invited, she was unable to attend. 

After the bride walked down the aisle, Obama spoke and signed their marriage certificate. We'd be happy to get Obama's signature on a random baseball cap, let alone having our marriage certificate signed by him. 

With Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding coming up on May 19, the bar has clearly been set high for wedding ceremonies this year, although we doubt the royal wedding will have a hard time competing with Dana and Brett's big day.

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