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Interviews - Obama Presidency Oral History

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Michael
McFaul

Ambassador
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Scott
Gration

Special Envoy
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Jake
Sullivan

Foreign Policy Official
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Bill T.
Jones

Dancer and Choreographer
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Darrell
Padgett

Criminal Justice Advocate
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Alicia
Garza

Black Lives Matter Co-Founder
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Joanna
Rosholm

Press Secretary to the First Lady
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Anne-Marie
Slaughter

Foreign Policy Official
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James
Clyburn

Member of Congress
Women and Girls

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Nancy-Ann
DeParle

White House Deputy Chief of Staff
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Donald
Molloy

Judge
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John
Cullerton

Illinois State Senator
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Roberta
Jacobson

Ambassador
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Felice
Gorordo

Foreign Policy Advocate and Advisor
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Cecile
Richards

Planned Parenthood President
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Jon
Favreau

Speechwriter
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Anthony
Foxx

Secretary of Transportation
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Jay
Carney

Press Secretary
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Olsen
Jean-Julien

Engineer and Architect
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Naureen
Shah

Civil Rights Advocate
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Janet
Murguía

Civil Rights Advocate
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Tiffany
Drake

East Wing Development Policy Advisor
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Ricardo
Zúniga

Foreign Policy Official
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Evan
Medeiros

Foreign Policy Official
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Ben
Rhodes

Speechwriter and Foreign Policy Official
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Doua
Thor

Public Engagement Official and Advocate
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Cody
Keenan

Speechwriter
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Tawakkol
Karman

Human Rights Activist
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Gary
Pruitt

President of the Associated Press
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John
Podesta

Presidential Advisor
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Samantha
Power

Ambassador to the United Nations
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Vivek
Murthy

Surgeon General
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Leana
Wen

Public Health Official
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Laurie
Robinson

Assistant Attorney General
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Rick
Wade

Economic Policy Advisor
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Richard
Verma

Ambassador
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Shirley
Sherrod

Rural Development Official
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Denis
McDonough

White House Chief of Staff
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Akram
Dweikat

Engineer and Social Entrepreneur
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Arne
Duncan

Secretary of Education
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Valerie
Jarrett

Senior Advisor to the President
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Stephanie
Valencia

Public Engagement Official
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Ken
Salazar

Secretary of the Interior
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Raffi
Freedman-Gurspan

Transgender Activist and LGBTQ Liaison
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Harry
Reid

Senate Majority Leader
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Kori
Schulman

Communications Official
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BriGette
McCoy

US Army Veteran and Advocate
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Kathy
Greenlee

Assistant HHS Secretary for Aging
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Mona
Hanna-Attisha

Pediatrician and Public Health Advocate
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Judy and Dennis Shepard

Hate Crimes Legislation Advocates
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Kenneth
Roth

Human Rights Activist
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Michelle
Miller

Labor Leader
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Astrid
Silva

Immigration Activist
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Tina
Tchen

Chief of Staff to the First Lady
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Leah
Katz-Hernandez

White House Staff and Inclusion Advocate
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Ron
Kirk

US Trade Representative
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Bruce
Orenstein

Filmmaker and Community Organizer
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Jefferey
DeLaurentis

Foreign Policy Official
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Wendy
Sherman

Foreign Policy Official
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Tyler
Swanson

Voting Rights Activist
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Craig
Spencer

Physician and Global Health Practitioner
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Aditi
Hardikar

Public Engagement Official
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Craig
Fugate

FEMA Administrator
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Dan
Feldman

Foreign Policy Official
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Jane
Lute

Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
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Victoria
Nuland

Foreign Policy Official
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Carol
Browner

Energy and Climate Policy Director
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Heather
Linebaugh

US Air Force Veteran
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Michael
Posner

Foreign Policy Official
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Jim
Steinberg

Deputy Secretary of State
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Loretta
Lynch

Attorney General
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Daryl
Johnson

Counterterrorism Official
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Lee
Bollinger

University President
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Kimberly
Teehee

Native American Affairs Policy Advisor
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Michelle
Gavin

Ambassador
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Janice
Langbehn

LGBTQ+ Rights Advocate
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Christy
Goldfuss

Environmental Policy Official
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Anthony
Gardner

Ambassador
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Kathryn
Ruemmler

White House Counsel
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Kathleen
Sebelius

Secretary of Health and Human Services
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Omezzine
Khelifa

Tunisian Government Official
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Christine
Chen

Executive Director of APIAVote
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Thomas
Perez

Secretary of Labor
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Otis
Moss III

Pastor and Theologian
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Theresa
Pouley

Tribal Court Judge
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Sandra
Fluke

Reproductive Health Advocate
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James
Clapper

Director of National Intelligence
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John
Kerry

Secretary of State and US Senator
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Thant
Myint-U

Burmese Reform Advocate
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Lilly
Ledbetter

Fair Pay Activist and Plaintiff
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John
Brennan

CIA Director
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Khari
Joyner

Cellist
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Josh
DuBois

Public Engagement Official
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Rafaai
Hamo

Engineer and Professor
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Nicole
Lurie

Public Health Policy Official
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Daniel
Russel

Foreign Policy Official
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Brett
McGurk

Special Envoy
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Angela
Spear

College Teacher
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Tiffiniy
Cheng

Digital Rights Activist
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James
Cole

Deputy Attorney General
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Tom
Harkin

US Senator from Iowa
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Esther
Brimmer

Foreign Policy Official
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Eric
Holder

Attorney General
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Earl
Smith

US Army Veteran
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Don
Verrilli

Solicitor General
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Jerome
Sauvage

United Nations Official
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Sybrina
Fulton

Social Justice Activist
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Gregory
Craig

White House Counsel
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Devon
Adelman

Self-Advocate with Down Syndrome
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Nathan
Law

Hong Kong Democracy Activist
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Jeffrey
Feltman

Foreign Policy Official
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Vanita
Gupta

Assistant Attorney General
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Gautam
Raghavan

Public Engagement Official
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Alex and Valbona Myteberi

Child Refugee Advocate
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Krish
Vignarajah

East Wing Policy Director
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Shailagh
Murray

Communications Advisor
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Kimberlé
Crenshaw

Legal Scholar and Civil Rights Advocate
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Mandy
Carter

LGBTQ+ and Racial Justice Activist
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Geraldine
Richmond

Science Envoy
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Derek
Chollet

Foreign Policy Official
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Louvon
Harris

Hate Crimes Legislation
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Carolyn
Britton

National Medical Association President
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Carl
Takei

ACLU Lawyer
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Derek
Mitchell

Ambassador
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Samuel
Locklear

Military Official
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Antony
Blinken

Deputy Secretary of State
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Judy
Heumann

Disability Rights Activist
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Ta-Nehisi
Coates

Author and Journalist
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Jordan
Brooks

Gender Policy Advisor
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Marilynne
Robinson

Novelist
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Al
Sharpton

Civil Rights Activist
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Barney
Frank

Member of Congress
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Brian
Bond

Public Engagement Official
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Rose
Gottemoeller

Foreign Policy Official
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Hillary
Clinton

Secretary of State
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Hadi
Pir

Human Rights Activist
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Betsy
Bramon

Foreign Policy Official
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Jennifer
Palmieri

White House Communications Director
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Wilma
Liebman

Labor Relations Official
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Joe
Solmonese

LGBTQ+ Rights Activist
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John
Morton

ICE Director
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Daniel
Fried

Special Envoy
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Pete
Souza

White House Photographer
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Rajiv
Shah

USAID Administrator
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Dennis
Ross

Foreign Policy Official
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Anne
Patterson

Ambassador
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Elizabeth
Phu

Defense and Foreign Policy Official
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Kylon
Middleton

Pastor and Theologian
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Lisa
Jackson

EPA Administrator
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Otis
Moss Jr.

Pastor and Civil Rights Activist
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Martin
Dempsey

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Jim
Messina

Political Advisor and Campaign Manager
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Jason
Rezaian

Journalist
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Johnnie
Carson

Diplomat and Foreign Policy Official
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Jeffrey
Bader

Foreign Policy Official
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Leon
Panetta

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
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Lisa
Monaco

Homeland Security Advisor
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Gil
Steinlauf

Rabbi and LGBTQ+ Rights Advocate
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Harold Hongju
Koh

State Department Legal Adviser
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Neal
Wolin

Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
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Claudia
Rankine

Poet
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Bill
McKibben

Environmental Activist
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Chelsea
Manning

Activist and Whistleblower
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DeRay
Mckesson

Social Justice Activist
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Brittany
Packnett

Social Justice Activist
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William
Burns

Deputy Secretary of State
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Colin
Kahl

Foreign Policy Official
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Ileana
Yarza Paneque

Foreign Policy Correspondent
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Jeh
Johnson

Secretary of Homeland Security
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Jim
Obergefell

Marriage Equality Activist and Plaintiff
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Robin
McGehee

LGBTQ+ Rights Activist
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Robert
Gates

Secretary of Defense
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Jocelyn
Frye

East Wing Policy Director
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William
Taylor

Foreign Policy Official
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Bernie
Aronson

Special Envoy
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Sarah
Hurwitz

Speechwriter for the First Lady
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David
Axelrod

Senior Advisor to the President
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Maya
Soetoro-Ng

Sister of President Obama
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Farhana
Khera

Civil Rights Advocate
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Jennifer
Simon

East Wing Policy Advisor
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Carrie
Tan Huimin

Member of Singaporean Parliament
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Norman
Brown

Clemency Recipient and Youth Mentor
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Terry
Szuplat

Speechwriter
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Jodi
Archambault Gillette

Native American Affairs Policy Official
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Rumana
Ahmed

Public Engagement Official
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Bess
Evans

Policy Advisor
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Gabriele
Grossman

Campaign Volunteer
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Chuck
Hagel

Secretary of Defense
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Alan
Fitts

Trip Director for the First Lady
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Marielena
Hincapié

Immigration Justice
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Azizullah
Royesh

Educator and Social Activist
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Tom
Vilsack

Secretary of Agriculture
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Huma
Abedin

Political Aide and Advisor
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Eric
Waldo

Education Policy Advisor
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Richard
Trumka

Labor Leader
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Nadine
Smith

LGBTQ+ Rights Activist
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Arturo
Valenzuela

Foreign Policy Official
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Max
Baucus

Ambassador and US Senator from Montana
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Gayle
Smith

Foreign Policy Official
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Dalai
Lama

Spiritual Leader
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Nead
Bunna

Girls' Education Advocate
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Mark
Lippert

Ambassador and Defense Policy Official

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