Department of State - Obama Presidency Oral History Department of State Index / Organizations Transcript Bill McKibben ...Clinton set up a whole wing of the State Department devoted to helping other countrie... Frances Beinecke ...June 2013 that Obama said, “If the State Department finds this is not in the nationa... Gina McCarthy ...highest levels of government, at the State Department , and obviously working in concert wit... Kate Orff ...many employees of—whether it was the State Department or the Army. My dad originally was i... Lisa Jackson ...The administration had, through State Department , through other departments, lots o... ...main negotiation happens through the State Department . EPA was not in charge of th... ...the negotiators, the folks from the State Department . I don't think this is confidential... Max Baucus ...virtually no instruction by anybody. State Department , except in preparation for th... ...job. I loved it. In addition—the State Department would be in the building—at that point... ...United States. I don't represent the State Department . And not only that, in diplomati... ...“You know, Max, ambassadors outrank State Department secretaries.” But I didn't make a bi... ...with the White House, with the State Department , who were the main people that yo... ...was pretty much calling the shots. Not State Department , yes. Not State Department. I don'... ...State Department, yes. Not State Department . I don't want to go too far down tha... ...I was. It's a big institution. State Department is a big institution. We have 2,30... ...inertia is strong—it is very strong. State Department does things a certain way. And that'... ...telling people through their own State Department channels. I think I could've done mor... ...first—or the political team through the State Department , or maybe NSC. Then they'd come an... Show more... Nancy Sutley ...So we wrote a comment letter to the State Department [laughs] about the NEPA review, an... ...been pretty routine because their—the State Department 's review was very narrow because i... ...So I spent a lot of time talking to the State Department and EPA about the Keystone pipeline... ...to follow up on what you said about the State Department . So, they were surprised when th... ...the trade rep. So when we came in, the State Department took the lead. Todd Stern, who wa... Neera Tanden ...Hillary. I had talked to her about the State Department . When she talked to the president, ... Sylvia Burwell ...your National Security Council and your State Department and that sort of thing, actually is a... Todd Stern ...special envoy for climate change at the Department of State . In that position he was Presiden... ...my colleagues who I knew back from the State Department , who I had met and worked with durin... ...closest advisor all the way through at State Department , had gone up to see Prime Ministe... ...a guy named Dan Reifsnyder—a longtime State Department career guy, terrific guy, had don... ...our conference room, room 1430 in the State Department , the windowless conference room wher... ...her with, and then come back to the State Department with Kerry and came back to work on m... ...it's not clear yet on their side. The State Department sort of makes the trains run on time... ...the White House lead on it, and I'm the State Department lead. We talked to Xie and his team ... ...special envoy for climate change at the Department of State . In that position, he was Presiden... ...of [laughs] having them come to the State Department ? And Sue said, “Because their coffe... ...So then I had to work that out with the State Department , but I did. I went in October for ... ...special envoy for climate change at the Department of State . In that position he was Presiden... ...my colleagues who I knew back from the State Department , who I had met and worked with durin... ...closest advisor all the way through at State Department , had gone up to see Prime Ministe... ...a guy named Dan Reifsnyder—a longtime State Department career guy, terrific guy, had don... ...our conference room, room 1430 in the State Department , the windowless conference room wher... ...her with, and then come back to the State Department with Kerry and came back to work on m... ...it's not clear yet on their side. The State Department sort of makes the trains run on time... ...the White House lead on it, and I'm the State Department lead. We talked to Xie and his team ... ...special envoy for climate change at the Department of State . In that position, he was Presiden... ...of [laughs] having them come to the State Department ? And Sue said, “Because their coffe... ...So then I had to work that out with the State Department , but I did. I went in October for ... Show more... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Climate, Environment, and Energy Climate, Environment, and Energy go to the Healthcare Healthcare Immigration Coming soon Elections and Campaigns Coming soon Education Coming soon