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Interviews - Obama Presidency Oral History

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Hillary
Clinton

Secretary of State
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Danielle
White

Director of Scheduling
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Derek
Mitchell

Ambassador
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Anne
Patterson

Ambassador
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Rose
Gottemoeller

Foreign Policy Official
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Denis
McDonough

White House Chief of Staff
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Charles
Bolden

NASA Administrator
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James
Clapper

Director of National Intelligence
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Nancy
Sutley

Environmental Policy Official
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Wally
Adeyemo

Economic Policy Advisor
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Daniel
Fried

Special Envoy
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Ron
Kirk

US Trade Representative
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Max
Baucus

Ambassador and US Senator from Montana
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Victoria
Nuland

Foreign Policy Official
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John
Brennan

CIA Director
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Daniel
Russel

Foreign Policy Official
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Harold Hongju
Koh

State Department Legal Adviser
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Terry
Szuplat

Speechwriter
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Thomas
Holst

Energy Industry Executive
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Betsy
Bramon

Foreign Policy Official
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Elizabeth
Phu

Defense and Foreign Policy Official
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Wendy
Sherman

Foreign Policy Official
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Jeffrey
Bader

Foreign Policy Official
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Kenneth
Roth

Human Rights Activist
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William
Burns

Deputy Secretary of State
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Rob
Nabors

Policy Advisor
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Ben
Rhodes

Speechwriter and Foreign Policy Official
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Leah
Katz-Hernandez

White House Staff and Inclusion Advocate
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Jennifer
Simon

East Wing Policy Advisor
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Anne-Marie
Slaughter

Foreign Policy Official
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Mona
Sutphen

Deputy Chief of Staff
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Rumana
Ahmed

Public Engagement Official
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Richard
Verma

Ambassador
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Nancy-Ann
DeParle

White House Deputy Chief of Staff
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Dan
Feldman

Foreign Policy Official
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Anthony
Gardner

Ambassador
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Carrie
Tan Huimin

Member of Singaporean Parliament
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Lori
Wallach

Trade Policy Advocate
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Tiffany
Drake

East Wing Development Policy Advisor
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Larry
Summers

National Economic Council Director
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Alan
Fitts

Trip Director for the First Lady
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Jerome
Sauvage

United Nations Official
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John
Holdren

White House Science Advisor
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Colin
Kahl

Foreign Policy Official
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Bronwen
Solyom

Librarian
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Earl
Smith

US Army Veteran
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Michael
Mullen

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Henry
Paulson

Secretary of the Treasury
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Neal
Wolin

Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
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Jeremy
Bash

Intelligence and Defense Official
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Todd
Stern

Special Envoy
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Krysta
Harden

Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
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Avril
Haines

Deputy National Security Advisor
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Josh
Earnest

White House Press Secretary
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Konrad
Ng

Brother-in-Law of President Obama
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Christine
Chen

Executive Director of APIAVote
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Jason
Rezaian

Journalist
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Stephanie
Valencia

Public Engagement Official
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Robert
Gates

Secretary of Defense
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Doua
Thor

Public Engagement Official and Advocate
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Judy
Heumann

Disability Rights Activist
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Chris
Lu

Cabinet Secretary
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Michael
Posner

Foreign Policy Official
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Leon
Panetta

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
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Kiran
Mazumdar-Shaw

Businessperson
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Jim
Steinberg

Deputy Secretary of State
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Devon
Adelman

Self-Advocate with Down Syndrome
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Hadi
Pir

Human Rights Activist
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Mark
Lippert

Ambassador and Defense Policy Official
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Maya
Soetoro-Ng

Sister of President Obama
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Nathan
Law

Hong Kong Democracy Activist
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John
Kerry

Secretary of State and US Senator
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Geraldine
Richmond

Science Envoy
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Gary
Pruitt

President of the Associated Press
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Esther
Brimmer

Foreign Policy Official
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Thant
Myint-U

Burmese Reform Advocate
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Denise
O'Brien

Farmer and Agriculture Policy Advisor
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Peter
Orszag

White House Budget Director
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Derek
Chollet

Foreign Policy Official
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Dan
Tarullo

Governor of the Federal Reserve
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John
Podesta

Presidential Advisor
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Samuel
Locklear

Military Official
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Christina
Falcon

Student Ambassador
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Andrea
Mokros

White House Staffer

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