George Mitchell - Obama Presidency Oral History Back George Mitchell Index / People Transcripts Carol Browner ...strengthening amendments. I'm not sure George Mitchell appreciated that, [laughs] as th... Dennis Ross ...said, “Yes, but you're not the envoy, [George J.] Mitchell [Jr.] is.” I said, “Iraq?” He said... ...He announced the appointment of George Mitchell as the envoy. He wanted to create... ...of the president—with Hillary, with George Mitchell —was focused very much on whether o... ...[Laughter] Abu Mazen tells Hillary and George Mitchell he'd give the Israelis four years. An... ...we do all of the parameters or not? And George Mitchell —who is getting ready to leave becaus... ...the president. And they did not want George Mitchell Jr. to be aware of this. I told the... Show more... Mara Rudman ...early January, on the potential for George Mitchell to become special envoy—not about m... ...have been having the conversations with Senator Mitchell about that possibility, so I was ver... ...I was very engaged with the work that Senator Mitchell would be doing early on, and eve... ...of it was obviously maximizing how Senator Mitchell was oriented, both within State and a... ...a couple trips with the special envoy, Senator Mitchell , that had what I would say is ... ...role, doing less of the traveling with Senator Mitchell on the negotiation side—though I di... ...AID, being the representative. I think Senator Mitchell went to a couple of what was called th... ...meetings, but many of the meetings that Senator Mitchell was in with her, in the context of ho... ...when she was traveling, as well as Senator Mitchell , was a meeting—I believe it was wit... ...regular contact, so there was that. Senator Mitchell was also talking, obviously, to th... ...over time that he was in it. I think Senator Mitchell is a Senate guy. It's interesting... ...points from the conversations that Senator Mitchell had with the Emirati leaders in Oman... ...success—I came away—no slam at all to Senator Mitchell or to David Hale, who took over th... Show more... Jeffrey Feltman ...peace, and his decision to appoint George Mitchell as his Middle East peace envoy at th... ...role in some of these early policies? George Mitchell established his own staff, but he dre... ...I very much appreciated working with Senator Mitchell . Again, in a way, his team was m... ...conflict; I was a supporting player to Senator Mitchell . On Syria, it was different. Th... ...to begin with. In fact, I went with George Mitchell on trips to Syria, as well as my ow... Jim Steinberg ...own right, as we had in the case with George Mitchell , and Richard Holbrooke, and Stev... Jake Sullivan ...great, but I'm breaking my pick helping George Mitchell and David Hale, and getting nowhere. S... ...the administration. The appointment of George Mitchell was made with that in mind. Ho... ...about this, but with the appointment of George Mitchell , with the involvement of Dennis Ross... Bernie Aronson ...in the Colombian peace process. George [J.] Mitchell [Jr.] was the mediator in the Goo... William Burns ...the president and Secretary Clinton and George Mitchell , who was the special envoy then, mad... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Middle East and North Africa Middle East and North Africa go to the LGBTQ Policy LGBTQ Policy go to the Human Rights Human Rights go to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Nuclear Nonproliferation go to the East Wing East Wing