Barack Obama's intimate love letters to college girlfriend revealed

Former President Barack Obama has always had a way with words. Barack's intimate love letters to a former girlfriend have been made public. The poetic series of nine handwritten notes were penned between 1982 and 1984, while the former President was dating Alexandra McNeal.

They have been released by researchers at Emory University's Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library, and give an insightful look into Barack's formative years as he struggled with his identity, feelings of loneliness and hopes for the future. In one of his earliest letters, he wrote: "I trust you know that I miss you, that my concern for you is as wide as the air, my confidence in you as deep as the sea, my love rich and plentiful." It was signed: "Love Barack."

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Barack's relationship with Andrea ended, but shortly after he met and fell in love with Michelle, who would become his wife in 1992. The pair, who are parents to daughters Malia, 19, and Sasha, 16, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in October 2017.

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