Eugene Kang (born 1984) was the Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to

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. Eugene Kang is an Ann Arbor native who attended

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before enrolling at the

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. At Michigan, Kang made a 2005 bid for the

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City Council. He later worked on Senator

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's ( D- Minn.) 2006 campaign. During Obama's Presidential campaign he worked in the political division. A second-generation

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, he was also a part of the

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s and

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s National Leadership Council. Kang has been described as a "close confidant to President Obama" and has played eleven rounds of golf with the President from the time he took office through 2013.

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