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Interviews - Obama Presidency Oral History

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Pete
Rouse

White House Chief of Staff
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Ken
Salazar

Secretary of the Interior
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Tom
Vilsack

Secretary of Agriculture
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Eric
Waldo

Education Policy Advisor
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Kate
Orff

Landscape Architect
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James
Crown

Businessperson and Campaign Fundraiser
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Sylvia
Burwell

OMB Director and HHS Secretary
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Rick
Wade

Economic Policy Advisor
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Maya
Soetoro-Ng

Sister of President Obama
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Samantha
Tubman

Public Engagement Official
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Khari
Joyner

Cellist
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Judy and Dennis Shepard

Hate Crimes Legislation Advocates
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Ta-Nehisi
Coates

Author and Journalist
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Sarah
Hurwitz

Speechwriter for the First Lady
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Andrea
Mokros

White House Staffer
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Jocelyn
Frye

East Wing Policy Director
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Felice
Gorordo

Foreign Policy Advocate and Advisor
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Bro
Adams

NEH Chair
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Bronwen
Solyom

Librarian
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Pete
Souza

White House Photographer
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Sarah
Holway

School Teacher and Food Policy Activist
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Bill T.
Jones

Dancer and Choreographer
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Meredith
Koop

Stylist to the First Lady
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Konrad
Ng

Brother-in-Law of President Obama
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Michelle
Miller

Labor Leader
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Kori
Schulman

Communications Official
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Jordan
Brooks

Gender Policy Advisor
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Melody
Barnes

Domestic Policy Advisor
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Olsen
Jean-Julien

Engineer and Architect
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Cleopatra
Cowley

Advocate Against Gun Violence
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Amy
Sherald

Portraitist
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Michael
Strautmanis

Public Engagement Official
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Marilynne
Robinson

Novelist
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Katie
McCormick Lelyveld

Press Secretary to the First Lady
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Elizabeth
Alexander

Inaugural Poet
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Patrick
Gaspard

Ambassador and Political Advisor
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Judy
Heumann

Disability Rights Activist
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Jim
Messina

Political Advisor and Campaign Manager
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Art and Helen Tanderup

Farmers
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Angella
Reid

White House Usher
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Jane
Chu

NEA Chair
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Gretchen
Stewart

School Teacher

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