Tennessee, United States - Obama Presidency Oral History Tennessee, United States Index / Locations Transcripts (101) Andrew Stern ...decided that this modeling group from Tennessee , University of Tennessee, was going t... Tom Harkin ...Anderson, Congressman Anderson, from Tennessee . Interesting. Here's Gus Hawkins, ... ...He said he would go. Now, he was from Tennessee , and fairly conservative. So we wen... ...Gee, we had Howard Baker from Tennessee . He was conservative, but not tha... ...That would be Senator Alexander from Tennessee , a conservative but not a right-win... ...Anderson, Congressman Anderson, from Tennessee . Interesting. Here's Gus Hawkins, ... ...He said he would go. Now, he was from Tennessee , and fairly conservative. So we wen... ...Gee, we had Howard Baker from Tennessee . He was conservative, but not tha... ...That would be Senator Alexander from Tennessee , a conservative but not a right-win... Show more... Nancy-Ann DeParle ...I grew up in a town called Rockwood, Tennessee , which is a little town of around fou... ...thousand people in the hills of East Tennessee , Appalachia. I had a small-tow... ...of high school. Were you also born in Tennessee ? I was not. I was born in Cleveland... ...University there. Then you came to Tennessee after he was finished being a graduat... ...But they married there in Maryville, Tennessee . Then, they had my brother i... ...my mother was a clerk typist with the Tennessee state government in the forestr... ...was totally subject to the whims of the Tennessee General Assembly in terms of it... ...had never been, really, outside of Tennessee . Well, Florida, I guess, but no plac... ...Law, and then went on to run the Tennessee Department of Human Services. I wante... ...Medicaid dollars that were coming to Tennessee differently, to reduce, somewhat... ...use that money to cover more people in Tennessee , to expand the population beyond th... ...marketplaces were set up. But in fact, Tennessee was also a bit of a precursor and ... ...it, as well. One important way that Tennessee gave me a perspective of what wa... ...in that kind of a defensive posture in Tennessee . But after they understood that w... ...the hospitals. And they let us do it. Tennessee was one of the first states to do it... ...for while you were commissioner in Tennessee was actually granted while you were i... ...to a really good friend of mine in Tennessee about it, I realized that once Jaso... ...feet, and I talked to this friend in Tennessee , who said, “Well, as they said t... ...running CMS. We talked about Rockwood, Tennessee . We talked about various things lik... ...Carter administration, and working in Tennessee . Well, yes, I did learn somethin... ...about this than some, because I'm from Tennessee , so as you know, one of the founder... ...area, so there was a lot of activity in Tennessee , and I was hearing about it fro... ...Senator Bob Corker, who I knew from Tennessee and who I had had very productiv... ...And the politics for Bob Corker in Tennessee were to not be for this, and so he ha... ...I learned from my time working with the Tennessee General Assembly. I wanted to be sure ... ...or often even has Medicaid. In Tennessee , we saw this. Even with Medicaid... ...through her job as a secretary at the Tennessee Department of Conservation. And she... ...here? I know you also visited Memphis, Tennessee , with him in May of 2011, when he mad... ...it was the only time I went to Tennessee with him, and that's my home state, s... ...National Laboratory. My little town in Tennessee was an hour away from Oak Ridge. An... ...I grew up in a town called Rockwood, Tennessee , which is a little town of around fou... ...thousand people in the hills of East Tennessee , Appalachia. I had a small-tow... ...of high school. Were you also born in Tennessee ? I was not. I was born in Cleveland... ...University there. Then you came to Tennessee after he was finished being a graduat... ...But they married there in Maryville, Tennessee . Then, they had my brother i... ...my mother was a clerk typist with the Tennessee state government in the forestr... ...was totally subject to the whims of the Tennessee General Assembly in terms of it... ...had never been, really, outside of Tennessee . Well, Florida, I guess, but no plac... ...Law, and then went on to run the Tennessee Department of Human Services. I wante... ...Medicaid dollars that were coming to Tennessee differently, to reduce, somewhat... ...use that money to cover more people in Tennessee , to expand the population beyond th... ...marketplaces were set up. But in fact, Tennessee was also a bit of a precursor and ... ...it, as well. One important way that Tennessee gave me a perspective of what wa... ...in that kind of a defensive posture in Tennessee . But after they understood that w... ...the hospitals. And they let us do it. Tennessee was one of the first states to do it... ...for while you were commissioner in Tennessee was actually granted while you were i... ...to a really good friend of mine in Tennessee about it, I realized that once Jaso... ...feet, and I talked to this friend in Tennessee , who said, “Well, as they said t... ...running CMS. We talked about Rockwood, Tennessee . We talked about various things lik... ...Carter administration, and working in Tennessee . Well, yes, I did learn somethin... ...about this than some, because I'm from Tennessee , so as you know, one of the founder... ...area, so there was a lot of activity in Tennessee , and I was hearing about it fro... ...Senator Bob Corker, who I knew from Tennessee and who I had had very productiv... ...And the politics for Bob Corker in Tennessee were to not be for this, and so he ha... ...I learned from my time working with the Tennessee General Assembly. I wanted to be sure ... ...or often even has Medicaid. In Tennessee , we saw this. Even with Medicaid... ...through her job as a secretary at the Tennessee Department of Conservation. And she... ...here? I know you also visited Memphis, Tennessee , with him in May of 2011, when he mad... ...it was the only time I went to Tennessee with him, and that's my home state, s... ...National Laboratory. My little town in Tennessee was an hour away from Oak Ridge. An... ...I grew up in a town called Rockwood, Tennessee , which is a little town of around fou... ...thousand people in the hills of East Tennessee , Appalachia. I had a small-tow... ...of high school. Were you also born in Tennessee ? I was not. I was born in Cleveland... ...University there. Then you came to Tennessee after he was finished being a graduat... ...But they married there in Maryville, Tennessee . Then, they had my brother i... ...my mother was a clerk typist with the Tennessee state government in the forestr... ...was totally subject to the whims of the Tennessee General Assembly in terms of it... ...had never been, really, outside of Tennessee . Well, Florida, I guess, but no plac... ...Law, and then went on to run the Tennessee Department of Human Services. I wante... ...Medicaid dollars that were coming to Tennessee differently, to reduce, somewhat... ...use that money to cover more people in Tennessee , to expand the population beyond th... ...marketplaces were set up. But in fact, Tennessee was also a bit of a precursor and ... ...it, as well. One important way that Tennessee gave me a perspective of what wa... ...in that kind of a defensive posture in Tennessee . But after they understood that w... ...the hospitals. And they let us do it. Tennessee was one of the first states to do it... ...for while you were commissioner in Tennessee was actually granted while you were i... ...to a really good friend of mine in Tennessee about it, I realized that once Jaso... ...feet, and I talked to this friend in Tennessee , who said, “Well, as they said t... ...running CMS. We talked about Rockwood, Tennessee . We talked about various things lik... ...Carter administration, and working in Tennessee . Well, yes, I did learn somethin... ...about this than some, because I'm from Tennessee , so as you know, one of the founder... ...area, so there was a lot of activity in Tennessee , and I was hearing about it fro... ...Senator Bob Corker, who I knew from Tennessee and who I had had very productiv... ...And the politics for Bob Corker in Tennessee were to not be for this, and so he ha... ...I learned from my time working with the Tennessee General Assembly. I wanted to be sure ... ...or often even has Medicaid. In Tennessee , we saw this. Even with Medicaid... ...through her job as a secretary at the Tennessee Department of Conservation. And she... ...here? I know you also visited Memphis, Tennessee , with him in May of 2011, when he mad... ...it was the only time I went to Tennessee with him, and that's my home state, s... ...National Laboratory. My little town in Tennessee was an hour away from Oak Ridge. An... Show more... Connie Anderson ...realize we were taking off. We went to Tennessee , and it was a rally to ge... Michael Minor ...I am in my home office in Memphis, Tennessee . Great. Thanks so much. I wanted t... Related Topics go to the Healthcare Healthcare go to the Climate, Environment, and Energy Climate, Environment, and Energy Native America Coming soon Africa Coming soon Education Coming soon