Department of State - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Department of State Index / Organizations Transcripts Jordan Brooks ...Clinton administration and then in the State Department during the Obama administration, an... James Risen ...seemed to want, which was covering State Department Latin American policy halftime and th... ...do that.” And then I never covered the State Department Latin American policy. I just covere... Krish Vignarajah ...to serve as senior advisor at the State Department , was hired by Secretary Clinton'... ...That was how I was hired into the State Department . And then in 2015, I moved over to th... ...to become a political appointee at the State Department . So I had gotten my Top Secret/SC... ...because I loved what I was doing at the State Department , was, in fact, Let Girls Learn. Thi... ...of the agencies that we worked with— State Department , Peace Corps, USAID [United State... ...worked closely with while I was at the State Department . Of course, the State Department... ...at the State Department. Of course, the State Department . Peace Corps was a critical componen... ...agencies like USAID, my alma mater the State Department . Serving under Secretar... Show more... Alan Fitts ...director. I actually was working at the State Department at the time, but they asked me to g... Melissa Winter ...is an entire Protocol Office at the State Department that handles it. But the Stat... ...Department that handles it. But the State Department , in its infancy—through the first fou... ...just be something that someone at the State Department dreams up. There's a whole layer t... ...some of these women who worked at the State Department who were so good at their job—all thi... ...over and briefs you on policy. The State Department comes over and briefs you on etiquett... ...all of the people in Protocol at the State Department . Because gifting is so much mor... ...Then we would also have people from the State Department come over and talk about the protoco... ...one of our very first trips, and the State Department came over and they briefed us, and NS... Show more... Richard Blanco ...me to write a poem—but that's all State Department . Anyway, again, it was one of thos... Jeremy Bernard ...anything. So part of it was getting the State Department and the White House to understand tha... ...not have done it that way, because the State Department pays for the dinner. We only had s... ...outside, Rose Garden state dinner. The State Department pays for those dinners and made it rea... Mona Sutphen ...the White House, seconded over from the State Department as a career person. I really think w... ...between the early Clinton years, in the State Department , and the H. W. Bush years. On certai... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the LGBTQ Policy LGBTQ Policy go to the Education Education go to the Obama in the Senate Obama in the Senate go to the Chicago Chicago go to the Atlantic Relations Atlantic Relations