Tom Daschle - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Tom Daschle Index / People Transcripts Chris Lu ...together because they worked for Tom Daschle at one point. And I think Phil went t... Mitchell Stewart ...for Tim, interned and worked for Tom Daschle , who's also a former senator fro... ...Building, where I worked. Of course, Tom Daschle , his office was targeted, and the Har... ...went back to South Dakota and worked on Tom Daschle 's campaign in 2004. Again, Je... ...there's a couple things. Certainly Tom Daschle played a big role in that. For a lon... ...of very prominent Democrats focused—and Tom Daschle was probably the most powerful Democra... ...that's a big part of it. But certainly Tom Daschle and the prestige that he had and i... Show more... Jim Steinberg ...who I knew very well from his time with Senator Daschle in prior incarnations in government. S... Ben Rhodes ...the 9/11 Commission because he was Tom Daschle 's chief foreign policy advisor, an... Denis McDonough ...Committee and in the US Senate for Majority Leader Tom Daschle and Senator Ken Salazar. He i... ...at the time, the Democratic leader, Tom Daschle , who was defeated in his run fo... ...for Democrats. Our chief of staff for Senator Daschle , for the leader, Pete Rouse, quickl... ...leader, Senate majority leader, Senator Daschle . So that was the first reason for m... Tom Donilon ...been the senior person working with Majority Leader Daschle in the Senate. He came on to really ru... 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... 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... 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... Pete Rouse ...come back. The other example is, I was Tom Daschle 's chief of staff for nineteen years... ...to fast-forward to 2004. You mentioned Senator Daschle 's reelection loss. Did you think abou... ...Steve's relationship with me, and with Tom Daschle that did that, more than anythin... ...messaging person, for that matter. But Tom Daschle almost ran for president in 2004. W... ...House, and worked a year and a half for Tom Daschle in the Senate before he wa... ...because he was very close to Senator Daschle and the leadership, and to Obama. And ... ...Nelson very well. He was very close to Senator Daschle . He was obviously always one of th... ...can do this, Harry Reid can do this, Tom Daschle did it when he was leader. They have ... ...Senate. I worked as chief of staff for Tom Daschle for nineteen years, ten years a... ...staff. I've known him. I hired him in Senator Daschle 's office. I brought him into the Obam... ...Well, remember, I was chief of staff to Tom Daschle in South Dakota for nineteen years. W... ...was a congressman, nineteen years for Tom Daschle in the Senate, including ten years a... Show more... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Gun Control Gun Control go to the Education Education go to the Republican Opposition Republican Opposition go to the Counterterrorism Counterterrorism go to the Public Health Public Health