We’re on the hunt for Barack Obama’s tan suit. Help us find it.
<p>The opening of the museum in the Obama Presidential Center this summer sparked an unintended consequence: a new wave of interest in former President Barack Obama’s famous tan suit.</p><p>The Obama tan suit that launched one of Washington’s <a class="Link" href="https://archive.nytimes.com/runway.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/28/obama-wore-a-tan-suit-and-spoke-about-world-crises/" target="_blank" ><u>most absurd controversies</u></a> when he wore it to an Aug. 28, 2014, press conference.</p><p>The tan suit that inspired a hilarious <a class="Link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crNcV0k0aMQ" target="_blank" ><u>press conference skit</u></a> starring Obama and Larry David on the August finale of their HBO sketch series.</p><p>The suit that is not in the museum.</p><p>The legendary suit reporters were told Obama gave away when he was cleaning out a closet.</p><p>I’m on assignment to find Obama’s tan suit.</p><p>I don’t know when Obama gave it away or to whom.</p><p>This is more than hunting for a needle in a haystack.
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<p>The opening of the museum in the Obama Presidential Center this summer sparked an unintended consequence: a new wave of interest in former President Barack Obama’s famous tan suit.</p><p>The Obama tan suit that launched one of Washington’s <a class="Link" href="https://archive.nytimes.com/runway.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/28/obama-wore-a-tan-suit-and-spoke-about-world-crises/" target="_blank" ><u>most absurd controversies</u></a> when he wore it to an Aug. 28, 2014, press conference.</p><p>The tan suit that inspired a hilarious <a class="Link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crNcV0k0aMQ" target="_blank" ><u>press conference skit</u></a> starring Obama and Larry David on the August finale of their HBO sketch series.</p><p>The suit that is not in the museum.</p><p>The legendary suit reporters were told Obama gave away when he was cleaning out a closet.</p><p>I’m on assignment to find Obama’s tan suit.</p><p>I don’t know when Obama gave it away or to whom.</p><p>This is more than hunting for a needle in a haystack. I don’t even know where the haystack is.</p><p>I wasn’t sure at first how to proceed. It’s not like the suit was taxpayer-funded traceable public property or an official gift that had to be transferred to the National Archives and Records Administration upon leaving office.</p><p>So I just jumped in.
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- <p>The opening of the museum in the Obama Presidential Center this summer sparked an unintended consequence: a new wave of interest in former President Barack Obama’s famous tan suit.</p><p>The Obama tan suit that launched one of Washington’s <a class="Link" href="https://archive.nytimes.com/runway.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/28/obama-wore-a-tan-suit-and-spoke-about-world-crises/" target="_blank" ><u>most absurd controversies</u></a> when he wore it to an Aug. 28, 2014, press conference.</p><p>The tan suit that inspired a hilarious <a class="Link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crNcV0k0aMQ" target="_blank" ><u>press conference skit</u></a> starring Obama and Larry David on the August finale of their HBO sketch series.</p><p>The suit that is not in the museum.</p><p>The legendary suit reporters were told Obama gave away when he was cleaning out a closet.</p><p>I’m on assignment to find Obama’s tan suit.</p><p>I don’t know when Obama gave it away or to whom.</p><p>This is more than hunting for a needle in a haystack.
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