Center for American Progress - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Center for American Progress Index / Organizations Transcripts Jennifer Palmieri ...the 2008 campaign? I worked at the Center for American Progress [CAP]. I became the president of th... ...at the Center for American Progress [ CAP ]. I became the president of the CA... ...[CAP]. I became the president of the CAP Action Fund. It was the [c][4], so th... ...we hoped would be an Obama presidency. CAP is a think tank, and you can produc... ...were friends. And a lot of folks from CAP end up going into the administration... ...any of those jobs, and so I stayed at CAP . But, yeah, a lot of people. Joh... ...John Podesta, who was the head of CAP , had been head of the transition. ... ...with him. That's part of the theory of CAP , too, is that it's a training ground... ...support each other. And, at that point, CAP is very much producing. When they'r... ...looks like. You had talked about how CAP during a Republican administration i... ...long time. Melody had worked with me at Center for American Progress . Cecilia, she's an advocate. You don'... Show more... Mara Rudman ...he was several floors above me at Center for American Progress , working part time, I believe, wit... ...and John Podesta, who headed the Center for American Progress , where I worked part time as a fello... ...then my kind of two jobs—which is both Center for American Progress and the consulting firm that I had—an... ...I had to turn over, and I had folks at Center for American Progress working with me that I needed to manag... ...things I was doing when I was at Center for American Progress , throughout the West Bank as well a... Richard Verma ...sector in 2011. You were also at Center for American Progress , I think, during that time. Is ther... Roberta Jacobson ...clear, and from the work he had done at Center for American Progress and elsewhere, that he was not som... Denis McDonough ...Senator Salazar, I went to work for the Center for American Progress and then, again, on my own time, helpe... Jeanne Lambrew ...because I was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress [CAP], where we had been working o... ...at the Center for American Progress [ CAP ], where we had been working on tha... ...Podesta, who was the founding CEO of CAP , was committed to trying to figure ou... ...were moderated across the country by CAP —did those forums change how yo... ...Daschle, because my work with him at Center for American Progress created the relationship. We actuall... ...trouble by saying that when I was at Center for American Progress , I staffed this coalition calle... ...about the fact that back when I was at Center for American Progress , I was asked to help do a commissione... Show more... Elizabeth Brown ...was housed in the same building as the Center for American Progress , and also I knew John Podesta from th... Zeke Emanuel ...tax to finance healthcare. The Center for American Progress had also developed a plan tha... Brian Deese ...career. Now, how did you end up at the Center for American Progress ? I was working with Nancy, and the... ...to stand up this new thing called the Center for American Progress . [Laughs] And so I was reall... ...I was working with Nancy and with the Center for American Progress , I was also working as Gene's researc... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Chicago Chicago go to the Obama in the Senate Obama in the Senate go to the Asia Rebalance Asia Rebalance go to the Veterans Veterans go to the Science Science