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Interviews - Obama Presidency Oral History

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Nancy-Ann
DeParle

White House Deputy Chief of Staff
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Craig
Spencer

Physician and Global Health Practitioner
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Paulette
Aniskoff

Public Engagement Official
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Esther
Brimmer

Foreign Policy Official
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David
Simas

White House Political Advisor
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Shailagh
Murray

Communications Advisor
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Robert
Trapp

Newspaper Publisher and Correspondent
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Connie
Anderson

Healthcare Reform Advocate
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Anne
Filipic

Public Engagement Official
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Regina
Benjamin

Surgeon General
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Kēhaulani
Lum

Advocate for Indigenous Hawaiians
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Steven
Chu

Secretary of Energy
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Michael
Minor

Pastor and Healthcare Advocate
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Joanna
Rosholm

Press Secretary to the First Lady
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Matthew
Doherty

Homelessness Policy Official
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David
Shulkin

Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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Gil
Kerlikowske

Drug Policy Official
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Chris
Lu

Cabinet Secretary
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Josh
Earnest

White House Press Secretary
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Jeanne
Lambrew

Health Policy Advisor
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Bess
Evans

Policy Advisor
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Neal
Wolin

Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
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Harold
Varmus

National Cancer Institute Director
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Kevin
Concannon

Under Secretary of Agriculture
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Maya
Soetoro-Ng

Sister of President Obama
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Janet
Napolitano

Secretary of Homeland Security
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Zeke
Emanuel

Health Policy Advisor
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Michael
Botticelli

Drug Policy Official
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Peter
Orszag

White House Budget Director
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Jerome
Sauvage

United Nations Official
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Robert
Post

Nutrition Policy Official
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Kathleen
Sebelius

Secretary of Health and Human Services
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Shaun
Donovan

HUD Secretary and OMB Director
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Melissa
Winter

Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady
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Leana
Wen

Public Health Official
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Pranav
Shetty

Physician and Global Health Practitioner
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Sheryl
Cousineau

Immigration Correspondent
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Mark
Luttrell

Sheriff and Mayor of Shelby County
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Debra
Eschmeyer

Let's Move! Director
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Rebecca
Mieliwocki

School Teacher
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Andrew
Herscowitz

Power Africa Coordinator
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Andre
Johnson

Substance Abuse Recovery Advocate
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Natalie
Tennant

West Virginia Secretary of State
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Dan
Pfeiffer

White House Communications Director
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Jordan
Brooks

Gender Policy Advisor
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Jocelyn
Frye

East Wing Policy Director
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Devon
Adelman

Self-Advocate with Down Syndrome
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Tina
Tchen

Chief of Staff to the First Lady
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Tom
Frieden

CDC Director
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BriGette
McCoy

US Army Veteran and Advocate
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Nancy
Nielsen

American Medical Association President
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Ernest
Moniz

Secretary of Energy
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Susan
Sher

Chief of Staff to the First Lady
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Cecile
Richards

Planned Parenthood President
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Kiran
Mazumdar-Shaw

Businessperson
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Ben
Rhodes

Speechwriter and Foreign Policy Official
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Deesha
Dyer

White House Social Secretary
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Rajiv
Shah

USAID Administrator
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Tom
Harkin

US Senator from Iowa
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Carol
Browner

Energy and Climate Policy Director
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Lilly
Ledbetter

Fair Pay Activist and Plaintiff
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Samantha
Power

Ambassador to the United Nations
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Valerie
Jarrett

Senior Advisor to the President
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Leif
Elsmo

UChicago Medicine Community Relations Director
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Doua
Thor

Public Engagement Official and Advocate
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Katie
Fallon

Legislative Affairs Director
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Gayle
Smith

Foreign Policy Official
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Katherine and David Grubb

Drug Policy Advocates
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Melody
Barnes

Domestic Policy Advisor
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Mona
Hanna-Attisha

Pediatrician and Public Health Advocate

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