Mitch McConnell - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Mitch McConnell Index / People Transcripts Daniel Russel ...You don't have to go any further than Mitch McConnell 's scorched-earth public statement... Derek Mitchell ...their legislation, their sanctions. Mitch McConnell was important to this; John McCain wa... ...key people all at once. Then, as well, Mitch McConnell made a visit in January, which, ... ...I was even confirmed as envoy, was with Mitch McConnell , and he said, “Look, our approach t... ...give a speech.” And I did. And I touted Mitch McConnell and his commitment to the issue an... ...Secretary Clinton, by Kurt Campbell, by Mitch McConnell —the partnership there, and the thing... Richard Verma ...October of that year. And I bump into Mitch McConnell , who's in line in front of me with hi... ...He was strongly supportive. Again, Senator McConnell ; there were others. So it was really... Chuck Hagel ...get the Congress with us. And it was as Mitch McConnell said on, I think, the first day o... ...Obama's second term, they asked Mitch McConnell as a leader, “What is your agenda fo... William Taylor ...lot of that funding. Interesting that Senator McConnell , now the majority leader of course... Jeff Flake ...two or three years ago were begging Mitch McConnell to get rid of the Senate filibuster s... ...of bipartisanship, statements by Mitch McConnell like, “We're going to oppose hi... Stephen Kroft ...amount of—I was talking about [Mitch] McConnell and his relationship with [John... ...We actually had Harry Reid on with Senator McConnell , the two of them sitting down togethe... Denis McDonough ...of drawn that pretty clear. The whole Mitch McConnell “I just want to beat the president... ...thinking that he could get a deal with Mitch McConnell .” And he's like, “Yes, well, you kno... ...so you know who you have to deal with? Mitch McConnell . Anyway, my whole point is here, eve... Antony Blinken ...one of the first term, with—you know, Senator McConnell saying, Our job was to make sure h... Wendy Sherman ...not agreed to during the Obama time. Mitch McConnell famously said, his major objective wa... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Financial Reform and Regulation Financial Reform and Regulation go to the Veterans Veterans go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice go to the Labor Labor go to the Native America Native America