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Interviews - Obama Presidency Oral History

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Danielle
Gray

Cabinet Secretary
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Randi
Weingarten

Labor Leader
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Austan
Goolsbee

Council of Economic Advisers Chair
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Don
Verrilli

Solicitor General
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Janet
Murguía

Civil Rights Advocate
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Harry
Reid

Senate Majority Leader
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Wilma
Liebman

Labor Relations Official
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Valerie
Jarrett

Senior Advisor to the President
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Julián
Castro

HUD Secretary
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Neera
Tanden

Health Policy Advisor
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Diane
Johnson

HUD Official
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Jen
Psaki

White House Communications Director
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Larry
Summers

National Economic Council Director
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Steven
Chu

Secretary of Energy
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Tommy
Vietor

Communications Official
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Karen
Richardson

Public Engagement Official
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Tom
Vilsack

Secretary of Agriculture
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Gerald
Kellman

Community Organizer and Journalist
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Thomas
Kalil

Science and Technology Policy Official
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Sharon
Pinder

Minority Business Advocate
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Denis
McDonough

White House Chief of Staff
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Jason
Furman

Economic Policy Official
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Bob
Kocher

Health Policy Advisor
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Ellen
Hollander

Nonprofit Executive
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Mona
Sutphen

Deputy Chief of Staff
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Lisa
Konwinski

Legislative Advisor and Policy Official
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Kylon
Middleton

Pastor and Theologian
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Gregory
Craig

White House Counsel
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Christopher
Dodd

US Senator from Connecticut
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Arne
Duncan

Secretary of Education
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James
Clyburn

Member of Congress
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Daryl
Johnson

Counterterrorism Official
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Alicia
Garza

Black Lives Matter Co-Founder
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Tom
Harkin

US Senator from Iowa
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Astra
Taylor

Filmmaker and Activist
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Pete
Souza

White House Photographer
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Janet
Napolitano

Secretary of Homeland Security
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Cass
Sunstein

Regulatory Policy Administrator
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Melody
Barnes

Domestic Policy Advisor
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Lori
Wallach

Trade Policy Advocate
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Nancy
Nielsen

American Medical Association President
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Ben
LaBolt

Assistant Press Secretary
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Charles
Kupchan

Foreign Policy Official
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Anthony
Gardner

Ambassador
Financial Reform and Regulation

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Marielena
Hincapié

Immigration Justice
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Jim Houser and Helen Dally

Business Owners and Healthcare Advocates
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William
Taylor

Foreign Policy Official
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Paul
Ryan

Member of Congress
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Daniel
Russel

Foreign Policy Official
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Fiona
Reeves

Director of Presidential Correspondence
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Leon
Panetta

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
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John
Drew

Anti-Poverty Advocate
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Cecilia
Muñoz

Domestic Policy Advisor
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Beverly Daniel
Tatum

University President
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Jon
Carson

Public Engagement Official
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Steven
Rattner

Economic Policy Official
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Jeremy
Bernard

White House Social Secretary
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Shirley
Sherrod

Rural Development Official
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Thomas
Perez

Secretary of Labor
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Dan
Tarullo

Governor of the Federal Reserve
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Denise
O'Brien

Farmer and Agriculture Policy Advisor
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Andrew
Stern

Labor Leader
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Stephen
Kroft

Broadcast Journalist
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Christina
Romer

Council of Economic Advisers Chair
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Lee
Bollinger

University President
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Peter
Orszag

White House Budget Director
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Sam
Kass

White House Chef and Policy Advisor
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Maya
Soetoro-Ng

Sister of President Obama
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Doug
O'Brien

Rural Development Official
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Gayle
Smith

Foreign Policy Official

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