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Interviews - Obama Presidency Oral History

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Robert
McDonald

Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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William
McRaven

Military Official
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Sarah
Hurwitz

Speechwriter for the First Lady
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Denis
McDonough

White House Chief of Staff
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Norman
Brown

Clemency Recipient and Youth Mentor
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Rob
Nabors

Policy Advisor
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Susan
Sher

Chief of Staff to the First Lady
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Matthew
Doherty

Homelessness Policy Official
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Kathleen
Sebelius

Secretary of Health and Human Services
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Terry
Szuplat

Speechwriter
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Chelsea and Jeremy Haynes

US Army Sergeant and Major
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Libby
Garvey

Arlington County Politician
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Tina
Tchen

Chief of Staff to the First Lady
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Leon
Panetta

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
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Sarada
Peri

Speechwriter
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Jocelyn
Frye

East Wing Policy Director
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Ginger
Miller

Women Veterans Advocate
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Jennifer
Simon

East Wing Policy Advisor
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Pete
Rouse

White House Chief of Staff
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Martha
Kanter

Under Secretary of Education
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Tom
Harkin

US Senator from Iowa
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Ash
Carter

Secretary of Defense
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Alex and Valbona Myteberi

Child Refugee Advocate
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Alan
Fitts

Trip Director for the First Lady
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Daryl
Johnson

Counterterrorism Official
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Rajiv
Shah

USAID Administrator
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BriGette
McCoy

US Army Veteran and Advocate
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Jeh
Johnson

Secretary of Homeland Security
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Katie
McCormick Lelyveld

Press Secretary to the First Lady
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Robert
Gates

Secretary of Defense
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Janet
Napolitano

Secretary of Homeland Security
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Maya
Shankar

White House Behavioral Sciences Advisor
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Michael
Mullen

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Shailagh
Murray

Communications Advisor
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Danielle
Gray

Cabinet Secretary
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Mark
Lippert

Ambassador and Defense Policy Official
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Shaun
Donovan

HUD Secretary and OMB Director
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Rick
Jordan

Master Mariner
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Cody
Keenan

Speechwriter
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Andrea
Mokros

White House Staffer
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Heather
Linebaugh

US Air Force Veteran
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Craig
Fugate

FEMA Administrator
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Eric
Waldo

Education Policy Advisor
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Richard
Verma

Ambassador
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Martin
Dempsey

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Earl
Smith

US Army Veteran
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John
Kerry

Secretary of State and US Senator
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Scott
Gration

Special Envoy
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Tom
Vilsack

Secretary of Agriculture
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Melissa
Winter

Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady
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David
Shulkin

Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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Jane
Chu

NEA Chair
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Diane
Johnson

HUD Official
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Tyler
Lechtenberg

Speechwriter
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Jon
Favreau

Speechwriter
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Dan
Tarullo

Governor of the Federal Reserve
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Lee
Bollinger

University President
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Bro
Adams

NEH Chair
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Chuck
Hagel

Secretary of Defense
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Lauren
Vrazilek

Deputy Press Secretary to the First Lady
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Chelsea
Manning

Activist and Whistleblower

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