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Interviews - Obama Presidency Oral History

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John
Mier

Business Owner and Healthcare Advocate
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Sam
Kass

White House Chef and Policy Advisor
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David
Axelrod

Senior Advisor to the President
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Todd
Stern

Special Envoy
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Larry
Summers

National Economic Council Director
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Shaun
Donovan

HUD Secretary and OMB Director
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Nancy
Sutley

Environmental Policy Official
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Jon
Favreau

Speechwriter
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Natalie
Tennant

West Virginia Secretary of State
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Wayne
Frederick

University President
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Charles
Bolden

NASA Administrator
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Chris
Lu

Cabinet Secretary
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Arturo
Valenzuela

Foreign Policy Official
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Art and Helen Tanderup

Farmers
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Krysta
Harden

Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
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Carol
Browner

Energy and Climate Policy Director
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Anthony
Gardner

Ambassador
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Melanie
Bahnke

Alaska Native and Arctic Issues Advocate
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Gina
McCarthy

EPA Administrator
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Ken
Salazar

Secretary of the Interior
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Henry
Paulson

Secretary of the Treasury
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Christina
Romer

Council of Economic Advisers Chair
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Cecilia
Muñoz

Domestic Policy Advisor
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Stuart Glauberman and Jerry Burris

Authors
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Harold
Varmus

National Cancer Institute Director
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Frances
Beinecke

Environmentalist and Nonprofit Executive
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Janet
Yellen

Chair of the Federal Reserve
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Steven
Chu

Secretary of Energy
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Shailagh
Murray

Communications Advisor
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Maya
Soetoro-Ng

Sister of President Obama
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Sarah
Holway

School Teacher and Food Policy Activist
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Arun
Majumdar

ARPA-E Director
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Jake
Sullivan

Foreign Policy Official
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John
Hennessy

University President
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Tom
Harkin

US Senator from Iowa
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Reggie
Love

Personal Aide to Obama
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Debra
Eschmeyer

Let's Move! Director
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Ben
Rhodes

Speechwriter and Foreign Policy Official
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Stephanie
Valencia

Public Engagement Official
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Wally
Adeyemo

Economic Policy Advisor
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Jodi
Archambault Gillette

Native American Affairs Policy Official
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Janet
Napolitano

Secretary of Homeland Security
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Astra
Taylor

Filmmaker and Activist
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Victoria
Nuland

Foreign Policy Official
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Jeh
Johnson

Secretary of Homeland Security
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Austan
Goolsbee

Council of Economic Advisers Chair
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Valerie
Jarrett

Senior Advisor to the President
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Heather
Zichal

Energy and Climate Advisor
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John
Kerry

Secretary of State and US Senator
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Doug
O'Brien

Rural Development Official
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Otis
Moss Jr.

Pastor and Civil Rights Activist
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Chelsea
Manning

Activist and Whistleblower
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Denis
McDonough

White House Chief of Staff
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Ray
LaHood

Secretary of Transportation
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Harry
Reid

Senate Majority Leader
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Johnnie
Carson

Diplomat and Foreign Policy Official
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Hannah
August

Press Secretary to the First Lady
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Kate
Orff

Landscape Architect
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Samantha
Power

Ambassador to the United Nations
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Elizabeth
Brown

White House Staff Secretary
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Evan
Medeiros

Foreign Policy Official
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Libby
Garvey

Arlington County Politician
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David
Cote

CEO of Honeywell International
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Samuel
Locklear

Military Official
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Jon
Carson

Public Engagement Official
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Avelino
Halagao

Lawyer and Nonprofit Executive
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Michelle
Gavin

Ambassador
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Janie Simms
Hipp

Tribal Relations Advisor
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Cass
Sunstein

Regulatory Policy Administrator
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Andrew
Herscowitz

Power Africa Coordinator

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