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Interviews - Obama Presidency Oral History

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Todd
Stern

Special Envoy
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Carolyn
Britton

National Medical Association President
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Kate
Orff

Landscape Architect
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Nancy-Ann
DeParle

White House Deputy Chief of Staff
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Frances
Beinecke

Environmentalist and Nonprofit Executive
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Bill
McKibben

Environmental Activist
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Christy
Goldfuss

Environmental Policy Official
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Nancy
Nielsen

American Medical Association President
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Courtney
Hight

Environmental Advocate and Campaigner
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Destiny
Blackmon

Nurse and Correspondent
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Andrew
Stern

Labor Leader
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Neera
Tanden

Health Policy Advisor
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Robert
Trapp

Newspaper Publisher and Correspondent
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Max
Baucus

Ambassador and US Senator from Montana
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Joe
Del Bosque

Farmer
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Sylvia
Burwell

OMB Director and HHS Secretary
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Melanie
Bahnke

Alaska Native and Arctic Issues Advocate
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Lisa
Jackson

EPA Administrator
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Peter
Orszag

White House Budget Director
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Elizabeth
Fowler

Health Policy Official
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Sarah
Holway

School Teacher and Food Policy Activist
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Cecile
Richards

Planned Parenthood President
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Gina
McCarthy

EPA Administrator
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Aneesh
Chopra

US Chief Technology Officer
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Arun
Majumdar

ARPA-E Director
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Regina
Benjamin

Surgeon General
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Art and Helen Tanderup

Farmers
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Carol
Browner

Energy and Climate Policy Director
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Tom
Harkin

US Senator from Iowa
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Zeke
Emanuel

Health Policy Advisor
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Kathleen
Sebelius

Secretary of Health and Human Services
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Heather
Zichal

Energy and Climate Advisor
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Sandra
Fluke

Reproductive Health Advocate
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Richard
Trumka

Labor Leader
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Steven
Chu

Secretary of Energy
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Jim Houser

Business Owners and Healthcare Advocates
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Connie
Anderson

Healthcare Reform Advocate
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Bob
Kocher

Health Policy Advisor
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Nancy
Sutley

Environmental Policy Official
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Michael
Minor

Pastor and Healthcare Advocate
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Jeanne
Lambrew

Health Policy Advisor
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Don
Verrilli

Solicitor General

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