Illinois, United States - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Illinois, United States Index / Locations Transcripts Samantha Power ...he is, the junior senator from Illinois . I think he was ninety-ninth i... ...in the state senate—that's good—in Illinois . He'd done a lot of really importan... ...Pete Rouse was indispensable here— Illinois over national events. He really wanted... Colin Kahl ...his 2002 speech to an anti-war rally in Illinois was important in two respects. One, i... ...to be more than a state senator in Illinois , and this was a brave position t... Stephen Kroft ...years before been a state legislator in Illinois to be running for president of th... ...he had some skill demonstrated in the Illinois legislature, and in his first year i... James Jones ...Harvester out of Chicago [ Illinois ], and sent in 1946 to live i... Naureen Shah ...Barack Obama as a political figure in Illinois before you began working in huma... ...congresswoman representing Evanston [ Illinois ], and you know, we had her come to th... Jeremy Bash ...all, he had been a state legislator in Illinois , and then was only in the [US] Senat... John Kerry ...Obama prior to a trip to Chicago [ Illinois ] when I was campaigning. I met him i... Denis McDonough ...shortly after he declared in southern Illinois . A bunch of us had been meeting an... Tom Donilon ...Barack Obama, who was just elected from Illinois . And I'm trying to get a couple o... Leah Katz-Hernandez ... Illinois . I was so touched by that, when I sa... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Russia Russia go to the Obama in the Senate Obama in the Senate go to the LGBTQ Policy LGBTQ Policy go to the Immigration Immigration go to the Democrats Democrats