US Secret Service - Obama Presidency Oral History Back US Secret Service Index / Organizations Transcripts Nancy-Ann DeParle ...children went, and his kids. Then the Secret Service also told me, so I had to tell hi... ...if we were flying into a new place, the Secret Service would do a briefing for me right befor... ...into this arena. Obviously I trust the Secret Service , but my God, that arena has go... ...Ohio, somewhere—and I spoke with the Secret Service , and I talked to Alyssa. And the... Cody Keenan ...Wing. So I'm at the front desk with a Secret Service agent. I say, “I'm here to see th... ...president now.' He wants to see me.” Secret Service doesn't believe you. It's not their jo... ...we're also thinking, “Oh my God, does Secret Service have to approve all this? Is thi... ...You bring an entire motorcade and Secret Service , and wand all the guests, and hav... ...to give everybody's vitals over to the Secret Service so they could run background checks o... ...her wedding gown getting wanded by the Secret Service . We all had to go through security. ... Show more... Jim Messina ...and the head of the United States Secret Service would come in and brief Rahm and I o... ...to Mark [J. Sullivan], head of the Secret Service —I'm like, “Look, whatever you need... ...fishing, and he said he would. So the Secret Service , for his birthday, made him a fly rod... Shaun Donovan ...sitting in that meeting, When is the Secret Service going to come in, grab me by the scruf... Daniel Fried ...the vice president being hustled out by Secret Service practically carrying him. We were i... Julianna Smoot ...But also folks that are the security, Secret Service , being there. It was incredibly saf... ...We had the real restrictions of the Secret Service , which we had Secret Service for th... ...of the Secret Service, which we had Secret Service for the campaign in '07 and '08, but i... ...'07 and '08, but it was a lot less than Secret Service for a president. I think those were th... Hannah August ...there, other than I'm sure there were Secret Service in the corners. But all the lights wer... Samantha Tubman ...do that.” At that point, there was no Secret Service , no security, so she was coming off o... ...remember, again, not having security or Secret Service . We would go look in his room, and w... ...of it. I think at first, before he got Secret Service , you were excited to see him up place... ... But at that point, the Clintons had Secret Service , so they were there protecting them. ... ...But then, I think someone said they saw Secret Service , so that's when we kind of knew tha... ...working with the press agent from Secret Service to ensure their safety, too; because w... ...that stuff, so you're coordinating with Secret Service on their schedule and all of that. W... ...parade route, but it was great. Seeing Secret Service , and everything that they do to ensur... ...in the Residence and had an usher or Secret Service escort me over to the East Wing... ...needed to be put back down, vacuumed. Secret Service had to sweep and make sure nothing wa... ...do you need to turn over the house? Secret Service , how much time do you need? Then, o... ...our guest list. That needs to go to Secret Service . You had to submit date of births, al... ...this was the Residence staff, it was Secret Service . They were a little hesitant to tel... ...then, of course, Pete Souza and all the Secret Service . The president would stop in the Gree... ...the Residence staff party—and I think Secret Service came to that—they would do photos fo... ...with the Residence staff and with Secret Service and everyone who we coordinated with... ...So while we're staffing this event, Secret Service is calling and saying, “I have an Ushe... ...a Comms representative, and her Secret Service folks. So I was still able to work ver... Show more... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Financial Crisis and the Economy Financial Crisis and the Economy go to the Healthcare Healthcare go to the Veterans Veterans go to the Financial Reform and Regulation Financial Reform and Regulation go to the East Wing East Wing