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Interviews - Obama Presidency Oral History

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Farhana
Khera

Civil Rights Advocate
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DeRay
Mckesson

Social Justice Activist
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Tommy
Vietor

Communications Official
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Rebecca
Mieliwocki

School Teacher
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Josh
DuBois

Public Engagement Official
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Heather
Zichal

Energy and Climate Advisor
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Christine
Chen

Executive Director of APIAVote
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James
Clyburn

Member of Congress
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Macon
Phillips

Communications Official
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Michael
Minor

Pastor and Healthcare Advocate
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Denise
O'Brien

Farmer and Agriculture Policy Advisor
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Gabriele
Grossman

Campaign Volunteer
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Laurie
Robinson

Assistant Attorney General
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Felice
Gorordo

Foreign Policy Advocate and Advisor
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Paul
Ryan

Member of Congress
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Julius
Genachowski

FCC Chair
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LaShana
Lewis

DEI Consultant and Advocate
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Michael
Strautmanis

Public Engagement Official
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Heather
Foster

Public Engagement Official
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Kenneth
Roth

Human Rights Activist
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Mona
Hanna-Attisha

Pediatrician and Public Health Advocate
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Melanie
Bahnke

Alaska Native and Arctic Issues Advocate
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Elizabeth
Fowler

Health Policy Official
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Alan
Fitts

Trip Director for the First Lady
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John
Morton

ICE Director
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Max
Baucus

Ambassador and US Senator from Montana
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Rumana
Ahmed

Public Engagement Official
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Pranav
Shetty

Physician and Global Health Practitioner
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Daniel
Russel

Foreign Policy Official
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Tom
Donilon

National Security Advisor
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Rebekah
Erler

Economic Correspondent
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Mark
Lippert

Ambassador and Defense Policy Official
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Khari
Joyner

Cellist
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Shirley
Sherrod

Rural Development Official
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Bill
Ivey

Folklorist
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Tom
Frieden

CDC Director
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Jessica
Sanchez

DREAMer and Activist
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James
Cole

Deputy Attorney General
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Ursula
Burns

CEO of Xerox
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Andre
Johnson

Substance Abuse Recovery Advocate
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Ernest
Moniz

Secretary of Energy
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Ben
LaBolt

Assistant Press Secretary
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Sandra
Fluke

Reproductive Health Advocate
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Omezzine
Khelifa

Tunisian Government Official
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Cornell
Belcher

Political Pollster and Strategist
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Gautam
Raghavan

Public Engagement Official
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John
Brennan

CIA Director
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Penny
Pritzker

Secretary of Commerce
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Bernie
Aronson

Special Envoy
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Art and Helen Tanderup

Farmers
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David
Shulkin

Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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Neera
Tanden

Health Policy Advisor
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Jocelyn
Frye

East Wing Policy Director
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Angela
Spear

College Teacher
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Susan
Rice

National Security Advisor
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Jay
Carney

Press Secretary
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Lauren
Vrazilek

Deputy Press Secretary to the First Lady
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Richard
Nephew

Foreign Policy Official
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Evan
Medeiros

Foreign Policy Official
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Dennis
Ross

Foreign Policy Official
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Avril
Haines

Deputy National Security Advisor
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Rahm
Emanuel

White House Chief of Staff
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Anne
Patterson

Ambassador
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Bess
Evans

Policy Advisor
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Lee
Bollinger

University President
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Janet
Murguía

Civil Rights Advocate
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Kathy
Greenlee

Assistant HHS Secretary for Aging
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Kevin
Lewis

Engagement and Communications Official
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Joe
Solmonese

LGBTQ+ Rights Activist
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Rohit
Kumar

Congressional Policy Advisor
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Joanna
Rosholm

Press Secretary to the First Lady
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Vivek
Murthy

Surgeon General
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Daryl
Johnson

Counterterrorism Official
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Melody
Barnes

Domestic Policy Advisor
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Anthony
Gardner

Ambassador
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Martin
Dempsey

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Jeremy
Bash

Intelligence and Defense Official
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Doua
Thor

Public Engagement Official and Advocate
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Brett
McGurk

Special Envoy
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Rebecca
Tallent

Congressional Policy Advisor
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Lisa
Konwinski

Legislative Advisor and Policy Official
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Henry
Paulson

Secretary of the Treasury
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Dan
Pfeiffer

White House Communications Director
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Anthony
Fauci

Public Health Official
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Rose
Gottemoeller

Foreign Policy Official
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Sharon
Block

Labor Policy Official
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James
Risen

Investigative Journalist
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Neal
Wolin

Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
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Zeke
Emanuel

Health Policy Advisor
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Bobby
Rush

Member of Congress
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Rob
Nabors

Policy Advisor
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Thomas
Holst

Energy Industry Executive
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Nancy
Nielsen

American Medical Association President
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Jason
Rezaian

Journalist
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Cass
Sunstein

Regulatory Policy Administrator
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Marilynne
Robinson

Novelist
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Michael
Leiter

Counterterrorism Official
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Gary
Pruitt

President of the Associated Press
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Austan
Goolsbee

Council of Economic Advisers Chair
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Joseph
Fugere

Small Business Owner
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Olsen
Jean-Julien

Engineer and Architect
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Gil
Kerlikowske

Drug Policy Official
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Kathleen
Merrigan

Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
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Harold
Varmus

National Cancer Institute Director
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Janet
Yellen

Chair of the Federal Reserve
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Eleanor
Kaye Wilson

Friend of the Obama Family
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Wally
Adeyemo

Economic Policy Advisor
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Kylon
Middleton

Pastor and Theologian
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Janet
Napolitano

Secretary of Homeland Security
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James
Clapper

Director of National Intelligence
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Earl
Smith

US Army Veteran
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Jake
Sullivan

Foreign Policy Official
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Tina
Tchen

Chief of Staff to the First Lady
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Kēhaulani
Lum

Advocate for Indigenous Hawaiians
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Matthew
Doherty

Homelessness Policy Official
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Martin
Nesbitt

Presidential Campaign Treasurer
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Jeffrey
Feltman

Foreign Policy Official
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Darrell
Padgett

Criminal Justice Advocate
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Charles
Bolden

NASA Administrator
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Krysta
Harden

Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
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David
Axelrod

Senior Advisor to the President
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Samuel
Locklear

Military Official
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Don
Verrilli

Solicitor General
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Michael
Botticelli

Drug Policy Official
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Carl
Takei

ACLU Lawyer
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Christopher
Dodd

US Senator from Connecticut
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Leana
Wen

Public Health Official
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Ellen
Hollander

Nonprofit Executive
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Fiona
Reeves

Director of Presidential Correspondence
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Christina
Romer

Council of Economic Advisers Chair
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Andrea
Mokros

White House Staffer
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Aneesh
Chopra

US Chief Technology Officer
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Natalie
Tennant

West Virginia Secretary of State
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Christina
Falcon

Student Ambassador
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Wayne
Frederick

University President
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Lisa
Monaco

Homeland Security Advisor
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John
Kerry

Secretary of State and US Senator
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Ray
LaHood

Secretary of Transportation
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Susan
Sher

Chief of Staff to the First Lady
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Judy and Dennis Shepard

Hate Crimes Legislation Advocates
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Lindsay
Early

Comanche Advocate and Correspondent
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Robert
Trapp

Newspaper Publisher and Correspondent
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Todd
Stern

Special Envoy
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Chelsea
Manning

Activist and Whistleblower
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Angella
Reid

White House Usher
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Rick
Wade

Economic Policy Advisor
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David
Simas

White House Political Advisor
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Noah
McQueen

My Brother's Keeper Participant
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Lori
Wallach

Trade Policy Advocate
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Jefferey
DeLaurentis

Foreign Policy Official
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Nathan
Law

Hong Kong Democracy Activist
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Betsy
Bramon

Foreign Policy Official
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Judy
Heumann

Disability Rights Activist
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Pal
Eldredge

President Obama's Fifth-Grade Teacher

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