Department of Justice - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Department of Justice Index / Organizations Transcripts Pete Rouse ...She was in the administration, at the Justice Department . And I don't think she had an... ...was caught off guard when the Justice Department submitted a brief defending th... ...what strategy emerged after the Justice Department brief? Well, not specifically. But ... ...recall specifically the reaction to the Justice Department ruling. I suspect, as I think back o... ...don't think Obama was opposed to the Justice Department —now, did the Justice Department defen... ...to the Justice Department—now, did the Justice Department defend DOMA? They did, in June o... Show more... Wilma Liebman ...from the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice , which seemed to give the okay to ou... Cass Sunstein ...to the Office of Legal Counsel in the Department of Justice where we were basically lawyers for th... ...with the legal problems. Also, we had Department of Justice involvement; we had lawyers from th... Jon Favreau ...always, “Well, it's not a matter of the Department of Justice holding back for some reason, an... ...he didn't have anything to do with DOJ , which was a thing back then, befor... Lee Bollinger ...dean, under [Ronald W.] Reagan, the Department of Justice was actively investigating la... Kathy Greenlee ...all across the federal government, the Department of Justice , on what we could do to star... Jim Messina ...was caught off guard when the Justice Department submitted a brief defending th... ...LGBTQ rights more generally after the Justice Department 's action in Smelt? Well, I can tel... ...and in the party were angry that Obama Justice Department never indicted anyone. We were gettin... Ronald Klain ...was caught a bit off guard when the Justice Department submitted a brief defending th... ...was troubled by the position the Justice Department had taken. I think he was unhappy abou... ...he was unhappy about the position the Justice Department had taken. And I think he kind o... Shaun Donovan ...Tom Perrelli, who was my lawyer at the Justice Department , who was just fantastic. He and I wer... ...Tom Perrelli was my partner at the Department of Justice , the head of the Civil Division—just ... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the The People's House The People's House go to the Arts and Humanities Arts and Humanities go to the Asia Rebalance Asia Rebalance go to the Agriculture Agriculture go to the Atlantic Relations Atlantic Relations