National Economic Council - Obama Presidency Oral History Back National Economic Council Index / Organizations Transcripts Lisa Jackson ...and with representatives from the National Economic Council , and the National Securit... Carol Browner ...and a lead for that. You have the National Economic Council and the head of that. Domestic Polic... Heather Zichal ...there was a policy that you needed the NEC , the National Economic Council, t... ...a policy that you needed the NEC, the National Economic Council , to weigh in on, Larry Summers's doo... ...not a Heather conversation. It was an NEC , Larry Summers, economic-drive... ...industry. Though you weren't on the National Economic Council , you were on the energy and climat... David Axelrod ...spoke second, coming in as head of the NEC [National Economic Council], and Larr... ...second, coming in as head of the NEC [ National Economic Council ], and Larry said, “There's ... ...Brian Deese, who is now serving as the National Economic Council director, was the staff person on tha... Austan Goolsbee ...the backstory of how he ended up the NEC [National Economic Council] director... ...backstory of how he ended up the NEC [ National Economic Council ] director. There was a moment where i... ...press that Jack Lew was going to be the NEC director, and then he wasn't. That par... ...they had named Larry to be at the NEC , Geithner to be at Treasury. They ha... ...led by the Treasury folks with the NEC . And the staff are getting togethe... ...and Diana Farrell was the deputy at the NEC . The NEC normally runs the economi... ...Farrell was the deputy at the NEC. The NEC normally runs the economic process. An... ...folks, there would be folks from the NEC , from Treasury, from CEA, usually fro... ...sent a notification of a meeting. The NEC 's organizing a meeting to talk abou... ...up at that. There's no one from the NEC there. [Laughs] So, something wa... ...That was my philosophy. And the NEC , and particularly Larry, he didn'... ...I can on these, his view was, “I'm the NEC director. I understand all of people'... ...In the olden days, before there was a National Economic Council , in a way the CEA played the role of ... ...I became the chair. Since then, the NEC kind of serves the function o... ...put on your schedule, organized by the NEC , sometimes they'd be organized by th... ...And the Treasury Department with the NEC released this white paper of a broa... ...advisors thing. So, in Treasury and at NEC they don't like the thought tha... Show more... Kathryn Ruemmler ...Gene Sperling, who was the head of the National Economic Council at the time, came running up to m... Melody Barnes ...deputy. Women who were senior in the National Economic Council , cabinet secretaries and agency heads... ...in the issue. So, folks from the National Economic Council , from OMB, DPC, and the First Lady'... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice go to the Veterans Veterans go to the Supreme Court Supreme Court go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the East Wing East Wing