Office of the White House Counsel - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Office of the White House Counsel Index / Organizations Transcripts Jeh Johnson ...like to be either Attorney General or White House Counsel .” But neither one of them left. Kath... Susan Sher ...event they're like, “Well, there's the White House Counsel 's Office. You could do legal work fo... ...way, I still insisted on a title in the White House Counsel 's Office, which makes no sense... ...wanted to be a lawyer, so I was in the White House Counsel 's Office. I would do legal work, se... ...I insisted on keeping my title in the White House Counsel 's Office, which was, in retrospect... Gregory Craig ...legal advice. We looked on our own. The White House Counsel 's Office looked on our own at th... ...of the national security stuff with the White House Counsel 's Office. We'd gone throug... ...And then we'd come back to the White House Counsel 's Office, organizing it, how does i... ...the memo, but it went around from the White House Counsel 's Office to the secretary of state, t... ...was a division. I think the Office of White House Counsel was in favor of abolishing th... ...sentencing within a space of time. The White House Counsel 's Office recommended, in thi... ...I think Secretary Clinton supported the White House Counsel 's position and also believed that we'... ...went around, was that proposing the White House Counsel 's position, or was that just seekin... ...the Justice Department, and the Office of the White House Counsel were all on the same page. The Join... ...the process was entirely inside the Office of the White House Counsel , and we'd identified four or five. Th... ...about. At which point Rahm accused the White House Counsel 's Office of leaking. That was a... ...I'm sure there was no leak inside the White House Counsel 's Office. Was then-Judge Sotomayo... ...that he wanted me to hire for the White House Counsel 's Office that were Rahm people. And s... ...that there's discussions within the White House Counsel 's Office about that. But does th... ...a little attention—that staff in the White House Counsel 's Office was an extraordinary staff... ...would not have happened without the Office of the White House Counsel pushing for it and arguing for it. Th... Show more... Kathryn Ruemmler ...in 2009. She also served in the White House Counsel 's Office briefly, near the end of th... ...with the first time you work in the White House Counsel 's Office in the Clinto... ...of the people who were working in the White House Counsel 's Office at that time. So I had th... ...team, based on my work in the White House Counsel 's Office during the Clinto... ...working with the White House, the White House Counsel 's Office, to vet nominees, to o... ...become principal deputy counsel in the White House Counsel 's Office in, I believe it's January o... ...possibility? So, Bob Bauer became the White House Counsel in January of 2010, and Bob Bauer, wh... ...that the relationship between the White House Counsel 's Office and the Justice Departmen... ...differently. Bob had studied how prior White House Counsel 's Offices had been structured, and he... ...meet him again until you were in the White House Counsel 's Office? That's right. When yo... ...do you remember a first meeting in the White House Counsel 's Office, and first impressions o... ...Circuit. You take over in 2011 in the White House Counsel 's Office. What is the narrative tha... ...from your perspective sitting in the White House Counsel 's Office? There are lots of game... Show more... Felicia Escobar Carrillo ...ducks in a row, legal arguments, so our White House Counsel 's Office was involved. I really credi... ...about how much bigger we go. Again, White House Counsel 's Office was very engaged in thi... ...conversations, which is why the White House Counsel 's Office was so important at the time... Neil Eggleston ...officials without the approval of the White House Counsel 's Office. But I used to tell—I sai... ...are a bunch of senior advisors, but the White House Counsel is probably one of the top four... ...podcasts, and he talks a lot about the White House Counsel 's office. Interestingly, again—not t... ...Jack Goldsmith have this view that the White House Counsel 's Office should be completely reforme... ...on my payroll. They were members of the White House Counsel 's Office. Everybody else who was ... ...this is a very good example of how the White House Counsel 's Office gets involved in thes... Show more... Don Verrilli ...when you're in a job like the White House Counsel 's Office, that's not how it is. Thing... ...a few other meetings when I was in the White House Counsel 's Office where I participated with th... ...them, because the little suite in the White House Counsel 's Office where the White House counse... David Simas ...Security, the secretary of HHS, the White House Counsel , sometimes the attorney general... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Financial Reform and Regulation Financial Reform and Regulation go to the Veterans Veterans go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice go to the Labor Labor go to the Native America Native America