Tom Daschle - Obama Presidency Oral History Tom Daschle Index / People Transcript Andrew Stern ...and the mainstream group founded by Tom Daschle , and Bob Dole. We had one with bi... Aneesh Chopra ...let's do this.” It was funny, actually. Tom Daschle was supposed to be the secretary o... Kathleen Sebelius ...the fall. But what was clear is that Tom Daschle , who had been a close advisory an... ...And she said, “Well, it's likely Tom Daschle will be HHS, and the senator reall... ...the first person who called me, when Tom Daschle was in Bob Dole's law firm. So whe... Neera Tanden ...people about different roles. Then, Tom Daschle was named on the transition to be HH... ...Secretary Sebelius is awesome. But Tom Daschle was supposed to be that health czar. H... Peter Orszag ...a brand-new senator by the name of Tom [Thomas A.] Daschle , from the great state of Sout... ...somehow decided that I would work for Tom Daschle , so of course all of my high schoo... ...story. I still have the photo of Tom Daschle and me in 1987, with a littl... ...so much for sharing it. And of course, Senator Daschle and Pete Rouse went on to becom... Nancy-Ann DeParle ...that they would have jobs working for Tom Daschle as the head of the Office of Healt... ...the Office of Health Reform, and then Tom Daschle withdrew from both that and from th... Jeanne Lambrew ...one of the first fellows. We brought on Tom Daschle , who was a senior fellow at the time... ...about? This is a little bit going to— Senator Daschle led the meeting at that point, becaus... ...Obama announced that he would nominate Senator Tom Daschle to serve as secretary of the Departmen... ...administration? I give all credit to Tom Daschle , because my work with him at Cente... ...there's no mediator.” So because he was Senator Daschle , he hosted a meeting that I staffe... ...into this in that way. And I respect Senator Daschle a lot. He's been around the block. H... ...President Obama said that you, like Senator Daschle , believed that “the politics of commo... ...c? Some challenges emerged around Senator Daschle 's confirmation, which was slow to mov... ...And I was leaving. I came with Tom Daschle , and I resigned when he resigned. M... ...is in—I can't see the book's name, but Tom Daschle 's book. He did a Federal Reserve kin... ...after the first tumultuous period where Senator Daschle left, and I became an insider, an... Show more... Related Topics go to the Climate, Environment, and Energy Climate, Environment, and Energy go to the Healthcare Healthcare Public Health Coming soon Nuclear Nonproliferation Coming soon Chicago Coming soon