Publisher: Former Obama White House aide writing memoir

NEW YORK (AP) — A former White House aide who is now the chief operating officer of a Brooklyn-based media company is working on an upbeat, but "warts and all" book about her years in the Obama administration.

Less political diatribe than a gossip session with an older sister — if that sibling worked for the leader of the free world — Mastromonaco delves into funny stories that never saw the light of day, including meeting the Queen of England in jeans, tussling with President Karzai's guards, and having a bad case of IBS while visiting the Holy See at the Vatican.