Michael Strautmanis

Michael Strautmanis had no sooner started his White House job as a deputy assistant to the president when his boss began badgering him. "Am I working out? Am I eating right?" Mr. Strautmanis recalled President Obama asking. "And then he told me that I should use his trainer." The very fit president has sent other White House aides to Cornell McClel...

Michael Strautmanis had no sooner started his White House job as a deputy assistant to the president when his boss began badgering him. "Am I working out? Am I eating right?" Mr. Strautmanis recalled President Obama asking. "And then he told me that I should use his trainer." The very fit president has sent other White House aides to Cornell McClel...