Harris adds ex-Obama aides to her presidential campaign team

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Vice President Kamala Harris has added two former aides to Barack Obama to her presidential campaign team, a source told Reuters on Friday.

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David Plouffe, an American political strategist who ran Barack Obama’s successful 2008 presidential campaign, has joined Harris’ campaign for president as a senior adviser, the source said.

The campaign is also being joined by Stephanie Cutter, who previously served as Obama’s White House communications director and deputy campaign manager, the source said.