Tunisia - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Tunisia Index / Locations Transcripts Gayle Smith ...screens being on as it just took off. Tunisia , Algeria, everywhere, yes. All over... Tommy Vietor ...like, this slow burn. It started in Tunisia with this vendor who lit himself o... Michael Kassen ...there after the famous fruit vendor in Tunisia set himself on fire, but we were ther... Dennis Ross ...see unrest and uprisings in places like Tunisia and Egypt and Libya. What are yo... ...The only one, and it's a mixed bag, is Tunisia . We had a lot of discussions about—... ...be marshaling as much assistance for Tunisia as we can. We need to create a succes... Mara Rudman ...kinds of offices set up for Libya and Tunisia as well; a mission in Tunisia, an... ...Libya and Tunisia as well; a mission in Tunisia , and Libya had various arrangements... Derek Chollet ...one thing, what's happening in Libya or Tunisia or Egypt or Syria, the president i... ...Libya. Oh, it's not to Libya, sorry. Tunisia . To Tunisia. We couldn't go t... ...not to Libya, sorry. Tunisia. To Tunisia . We couldn't go to Libya. I'll giv... ...in the process? You traveled to Tunisia . It was to meet with members of th... ...but then also the specific issue of the Tunisia interaction. On Libya's future, I thin... ...these started as protests. In Tunisia , it was a fruit vendor who ended u... Show more... Michael McFaul ...House? Yes, I do. It started with Tunisia , of course. As events were unfoldin... ...on his PhD. He was the point person for Tunisia . Because of my interest i... ...Democracy that I helped to negotiate on Tunisia to get government officials to talk t... ...people's lanes. But it started with Tunisia , and then of course it exploded wit... Jeffrey Feltman ...in Jerusalem; and at embassies in Tunisia , Hungary, and in Port-au-Prince... ...in January how far it was going to go. Tunisia , of course; Ben Ali fled first, and ... ...is a one-off thing.” But I went to Tunisia right after. I was the first U... ...I was the first US official to go to Tunisia after Ben Ali fled and met with th... ...quite like this. I feel sort of bad for Tunisia , in hindsight, because we were gearin... ...were gearing up for a big response to Tunisia , then all of a sudden we're dealin... ...as though we didn't want to respond to Tunisia ; it's just that even a government a... ...lack of opportunity. The fact that Tunisia was then in an uproar—Ben Ali had no... ...was on the other countries. Places like Tunisia and Bahrain, our response in Yemen... ...categories like Yemen and Bahrain and Tunisia , Morocco, Jordan—a long list—of thing... ...officials, including me traveling to Tunisia to see Libyan officials. Derek Chollet... ...were? I think both Derek and I left Tunisia rather downcast that he would conside... ...what extent were the experiences now of Tunisia , Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Yemen—when th... ...This is just shortly after your trip to Tunisia to meet with Libyan officials. You'r... ...presumably thinking about Libya, about Tunisia . You have so many countries in you... ...have changed the whole atmosphere in Tunisia in such a way that the old RC... ...really was. I want to come back to Tunisia briefly. I think it's in February 2012... ...to show its engagement with Tunisia at that time? I'm not sure when [Bej... ...to New York. There was a sense that Tunisia was adrift. There was a sense tha... ...was adrift. There was a sense that Tunisia was not creating the economic growt... ...economic, financial support for Tunisia . I don't think we ever came through t... ...to show support for the transition in Tunisia , was how it was designed. Was there ... ...there a sense at the time that Tunisia was, essentially, a uniquely successfu... ...Yes. And I think that the feeling about Tunisia probably is similar to how the feelin... Show more... Michèle Flournoy ...how far the ripples went, starting in Tunisia , and then Egypt and elsewhere. I hav... Jim Steinberg ...the year before when this began, in Tunisia —about the fragility of the situatio... ...and how it spread so quickly from Tunisia to Morocco and Egypt and to the Gul... ...of realizing that what had started in Tunisia was beginning to coalesce an... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Human Rights Human Rights go to the Labor Labor go to the Asia Rebalance Asia Rebalance go to the Public Health Public Health go to the The People's House The People's House