Read President Obama's Eulogy for His Adviser

President Obama gave the eulogy for a law-school friend who advised him in the White House and died while waiting two years for a Senate vote to confirm her as ambassador to the Bahamas.

Cassandra Q. Butts, 50, died of undiagnosed leukemia at her home in Washington, D.C., on May 25. She was a member of an informal group of Obama advisers sometimes called the "Sisterhood" and served at one point as deputy White House counsel.