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Interviews - Obama Presidency Oral History

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James
Jones

National Security Advisor
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Alan
Fitts

Trip Director for the First Lady
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Tommy
Vietor

Communications Official
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Jeff
Flake

US Senator from Arizona
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Tiffiniy
Cheng

Digital Rights Activist
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William
McRaven

Military Official
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Craig
Fugate

FEMA Administrator
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Dennis
Ross

Foreign Policy Official
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Jeh
Johnson

Secretary of Homeland Security
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Brett
McGurk

Special Envoy
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Ronald
Klain

Chief of Staff to the Vice President
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Jeremy
Bernard

White House Social Secretary
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Katie
Johnson

Personal Presidential Secretary
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Josh
Bolten

White House Chief of Staff
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Jane
Lute

Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
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Janet
Napolitano

Secretary of Homeland Security
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Wally
Adeyemo

Economic Policy Advisor
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Valerie
Jarrett

Senior Advisor to the President
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Johnnie
Carson

Diplomat and Foreign Policy Official
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Gary
Pruitt

President of the Associated Press
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Ryan
Crocker

Ambassador
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Mary Beth
Maxwell

Labor Policy Official
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Jeremy
Bash

Intelligence and Defense Official
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Sarada
Peri

Speechwriter
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Ash
Carter

Secretary of Defense
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Jake
Sullivan

Foreign Policy Official
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Leon
Panetta

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
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Stephen
Kroft

Broadcast Journalist
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Tom
Donilon

National Security Advisor
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Katie
McCormick Lelyveld

Press Secretary to the First Lady
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Michael
Morell

CIA Deputy Director
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James
Risen

Investigative Journalist
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Derek
Chollet

Foreign Policy Official
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Michèle
Flournoy

Defense Policy Official
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Jon
Favreau

Speechwriter
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John
Podesta

Presidential Advisor
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Megan
Smith

US Chief Technology Officer
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DJ
Patil

White House Chief Data Scientist
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Don
Verrilli

Solicitor General
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Daniel
Fried

Special Envoy
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Nicole
Lurie

Public Health Policy Official
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Eric
Waldo

Education Policy Advisor
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Ben
Rhodes

Speechwriter and Foreign Policy Official
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Paula
Reid

US Secret Service Agent
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Anne
Patterson

Ambassador
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Kathryn
Ruemmler

White House Counsel
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John
Hennessy

University President
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Michael
Leiter

Counterterrorism Official
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Lisa
Monaco

Homeland Security Advisor
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Rob
Nabors

Policy Advisor
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Martin
Dempsey

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Carol
Browner

Energy and Climate Policy Director
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Azizullah
Royesh

Educator and Social Activist
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Hadi
Pir

Human Rights Activist
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Dan
Pfeiffer

White House Communications Director
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Gregory
Craig

White House Counsel
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Farhana
Khera

Civil Rights Advocate
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Charles
Kupchan

Foreign Policy Official
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Alan
Bersin

Homeland Security Official
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Jim
Steinberg

Deputy Secretary of State
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Jay
Carney

Press Secretary
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Denis
McDonough

White House Chief of Staff
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Richard
Nephew

Foreign Policy Official
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Josh
Earnest

White House Press Secretary
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Robert
Gates

Secretary of Defense
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John
Kerry

Secretary of State and US Senator
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Ta-Nehisi
Coates

Author and Journalist
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Michael
Kassen

AIPAC President
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Michael
Daniel

Cybersecurity Coordinator
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Rumana
Ahmed

Public Engagement Official

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