Arizona, United States - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Arizona, United States Index / Locations Transcripts Janet Murguía ...levels? I'm thinking particularly of Arizona 's SB 1070. Yes, of course. I thin... John Morton ...The secretary was from a border state, Arizona . She understood you ignored borde... ...things like secure communities in Arizona , early in the first term—if you coul... Farhana Khera ...actually speaking to you from Glendale, Arizona . Excellent. I'd like to start b... ...not too far from where I am in Mesa, Arizona , within weeks of nine-eleven. Ther... ...Senator Jon Kyl, who was a senator from Arizona , questioning me about the fact that m... Michael Steele ...to Utah, and we lose that seat there; Arizona , we lose that seat. We had the forme... ...the former state party chairwoman of Arizona —who would have been perfect, woul... Dan Pfeiffer ...the State of the Union. I think it was Arizona . I went up to his cabin to tell him... Rebecca Tallent ...Kolbe and Senator John McCain, both of Arizona , ultimately serving as chief of staf... ...was fairly involved in politics in Arizona . It wasn't something we talked a lo... ...And the person who handled the Arizona issues said, “This isn't an Arizon... ...the Arizona issues said, “This isn't an Arizona issue, because it's about nationa... ...point. We introduced that bill, and in Arizona , at least, the world blew up. I... ...to survive that primary. We would go to Arizona and there would be communities on th... ...of the mid to late '90s. The border in Arizona was just the wild, wild West. You'... ...tensions that you saw on the ground in Arizona —were you seeing them in Congress a... ...challenges—including members from Arizona , which was bad for the delegation. S... ...all well and good, but that means that Arizona is going to be impacted by that becaus... ...a year and a half later, then I go to Arizona for six weeks because we're tryin... ...weeks because we're trying to—because Arizona primary is so late. I had to fly bac... ...is so late. I had to fly back out to Arizona to try to deal with that election. S... ...D. Hayworth and what was happening in Arizona . And him trying to figure out where—h... ...structure, but including—somebody from Arizona came out to meet with him. And one o... ...phenomena, but through the lens of Arizona and 2010. You had the rise of the Te... ...of the Tea Party, and you also had, in Arizona , the passage of SB 1070 and th... ...it was just such a challenging time in Arizona politics. Temperatures were running s... ...the right thing to do for the state of Arizona . But at that point he felt like he ha... ...turns into this huge political issue in Arizona . He put his statement out the nigh... ...the border happened during that time in Arizona . It was such a flash point. If yo... ...in the country, and then you look at— Arizona was such in the limelight, but als... ...worked out for him too. I grew up in Arizona , and politics ebb and flow, and I kno... ...even let the Republican Party of Arizona control its congressional money... ...control over any money spent in Arizona because they couldn't trust the part... ...the whole time. We had moved out to Arizona . I was state director for him for ... ...for him for a year, and we'd lived in Arizona . We actually loved living in Arizona... ...in Arizona. We actually loved living in Arizona . All things considered equal, I thin... ...is twenty-four-seven. When I was in Arizona , there was one night he called me a... Show more... Alan Bersin ...who was then the US attorney in Arizona . I was the US attorney in San Diego... ...gone on to be the attorney general in Arizona and then the governor of Arizona, in ... ...in Arizona and then the governor of Arizona , in a very distinguished period o... ...of the migrant flows from California to Arizona , and from the Rio Grande Valley on th... ...with from her time as governor of Arizona —that the major problem of unlawfu... ...migration was taking place in the Arizona sector. There were hundreds o... ...to really contain and stem the flow in Arizona . Because we had really succeeded... ...and the coyotes to adopt the route of Arizona , and it was no accident. Arizona wa... ...of Arizona, and it was no accident. Arizona was the most rugged terrain outside th... ...trade, US-Mexico, and getting Arizona under control tactically. Then in th... ...with the work that you were doing with Arizona and, in particular, what your strateg... ...corps in terms of the presence in Arizona Border Patrol agents, to the poin... ...of the situation on the ground in Arizona . Third thing was that it remained o... ...I made a point of being there in Arizona no less than once every three weeks... ...example. A lot of what was happening in Arizona was that there was transportation—ther... ...the administration that getting Arizona under control was absolutely essentia... ...reform but also as the politics of Arizona began to change with things like S... ...job was to get there. That's where the Arizona campaign, so to speak, came into play... ...border from her time as governor of Arizona , was able to play a very importan... ...point, gave rise to Senate Bill 1070 in Arizona . So it dominated that portion of th... Show more... 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