Bill Clinton - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Bill Clinton Index / People Transcripts Jeh Johnson ...2001, the last twenty-seven months of Bill Clinton 's administration. Our permanent hom... ...policy before that law was passed in Bill Clinton 's presidency. What the law require... ...is more gregarious, loves people. Bill Clinton , Joe Biden, and Leon Panetta have on... ...night before, I got a message that Bill Clinton wanted to join me, President Bil... ...that Bill Clinton wanted to join me, President Bill Clinton . And I said, “Of course.” He was i... ...everybody wanted to stop and talk to Bill Clinton . What struck me is, he was just ... ...thing that can happen to a town. So Bill Clinton and I, we would tour these house... ...did a press conference at the end where President Clinton basically vouched for me, and said, “... Show more... Penny Pritzker ...the Department of Commerce and when Bill Clinton , who wasn't even invited, called an... David Axelrod ...the state to campaign elsewhere, and Bill Clinton became her surrogate in South Carolina... ...Carolina. The president is kind to President Clinton in his biography, and I think part o... ...pretty ugly. There was this sense that Bill Clinton , who clearly was progressive on rac... ...how ferocious the opposition was to Bill Clinton . But the truth is, I do think tha... ...the president about it, asking Bill Clinton to give the nominating speech for him... ...and Bruce Reed, former aides to President Clinton who were working with us, to go ove... ...and really, really helpful. I think President Clinton was extraordinarily helpful t... ...brilliant. It was brilliant, as only Bill Clinton can. That's a great story. We'r... ...Romney meant it. And then he called Bill Clinton to thank him, and told him that he wa... ...and West Sides that was meant to help Bill Clinton and Carol Moseley Braun win the genera... Show more... Chuck Freedman ...leading governors in the United States, Bill Clinton and of course Hillary. Bill Clinton wa... ...Bill Clinton and of course Hillary. Bill Clinton was a great believer in government. So... ...Bill at that meeting. But I talked to Bill Clinton later in my life. So, a fas... ...between John Waiheʻe and Hillary and Bill Clinton . They were birds of a feather in term... ...out what Bill was going to say because Bill Clinton was still scheduled to speak, and ... ...to me, I think it will be okay. With Bill Clinton , you never really know. It all wen... Show more... Avelino Halagao ...I think we've had many years of Bill Clinton . We had many years of Bushes, bot... Gayle Smith ...the enduring relationship that President Clinton had with the continent, but also th... ...was extraordinary. Again, I think that Bill Clinton went to Africa, George Bush did, an... Gregory Craig ...There was a lot of concern about President Clinton 's role in what he was saying, and tha... ...and said, “I've just gotten a call from Bill Clinton , who wants to talk to me about thi... ...and said, “I had this conversation with President Clinton , and he accused me of reading jus... ...someone to go on the record who knows Bill Clinton well and can say something that woul... ...go on the record and be negative about Bill Clinton . And I thought about it. It wa... ...White House counsel. I had talked to President Clinton on December 26, 2004 [read: 1996]... ...House counsel had recommended that President Clinton consider me to be White House counsel... ...the quarterback for the impeachment [of President Bill Clinton ] defense. Rahm was one of th... Show more... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Obama in the Senate Obama in the Senate go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the Elections and Campaigns Elections and Campaigns go to the Financial Reform and Regulation Financial Reform and Regulation go to the LGBTQ Policy LGBTQ Policy