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Interviews - Obama Presidency Oral History

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Sheryl
Cousineau

Immigration Correspondent
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Kathleen
Sebelius

Secretary of Health and Human Services
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Scott
Gration

Special Envoy
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Don
Verrilli

Solicitor General
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Christine
Chen

Executive Director of APIAVote
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Gerald
Kellman

Community Organizer and Journalist
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Sophia
Ford-Glanton

Urologist
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Josh
DuBois

Public Engagement Official
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Jen
Psaki

White House Communications Director
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Ursula
Burns

CEO of Xerox
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Ollie
Parham

Civil Rights Activist
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Jordan
Brooks

Gender Policy Advisor
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John
Podesta

Presidential Advisor
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Debra
Eschmeyer

Let's Move! Director
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Arun
Majumdar

ARPA-E Director
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Daryl
Johnson

Counterterrorism Official
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Beverly Daniel
Tatum

University President
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Michael
Strautmanis

Public Engagement Official
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Marilynne
Robinson

Novelist
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Ginger
Miller

Women Veterans Advocate
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Sharon
Pinder

Minority Business Advocate
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Felice
Gorordo

Foreign Policy Advocate and Advisor
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Pete
Rouse

White House Chief of Staff
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Arne
Duncan

Secretary of Education
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Diane
Johnson

HUD Official
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Katie
Johnson

Personal Presidential Secretary
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Melody
Barnes

Domestic Policy Advisor
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Marc
Morial

Civil Rights Advocate
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Gayle
Smith

Foreign Policy Official
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Mary Beth
Maxwell

Labor Policy Official
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Katie
McCormick Lelyveld

Press Secretary to the First Lady
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James
Clyburn

Member of Congress
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Paul
Ryan

Member of Congress
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Alicia
Garza

Black Lives Matter Co-Founder
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Amy
Sherald

Portraitist
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Chelsea and Jeremy Haynes

US Army Sergeant and Major
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Julie
Chávez Rodríguez

Public Engagement Official
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Ben
LaBolt

Assistant Press Secretary
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Jocelyn
Frye

East Wing Policy Director
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Austan
Goolsbee

Council of Economic Advisers Chair
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Vivek
Kundra

US Chief Information Officer
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Shailagh
Murray

Communications Advisor
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Cornell
Belcher

Political Pollster and Strategist
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Josh
Bolten

White House Chief of Staff
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John and Teresa Palmer

Miner and Labor Leader
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Marielena
Hincapié

Immigration Justice
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Kylon
Middleton

Pastor and Theologian
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Betsy
Bramon

Foreign Policy Official
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Harry
Reid

Senate Majority Leader
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Kori
Schulman

Communications Official
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Broderick
Johnson

Cabinet Secretary
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Krysta
Harden

Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
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Craig
Robinson

Brother of Michelle Obama
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Newton
Minow

Attorney
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Libby
Garvey

Arlington County Politician
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Cecilia
Muñoz

Domestic Policy Advisor
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Sarada
Peri

Speechwriter
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Regina
Benjamin

Surgeon General
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Ron
Kirk

US Trade Representative
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Julián
Castro

HUD Secretary
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Al
Sharpton

Civil Rights Activist
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Anthony
Foxx

Secretary of Transportation
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Loretta
Lynch

Attorney General
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Mona
Sutphen

Deputy Chief of Staff
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Toni
Preckwinkle

Cook County Politician
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Thomas
Perez

Secretary of Labor
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Brian
Bond

Public Engagement Official
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Denis
McDonough

White House Chief of Staff
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Byron
Auguste

Economic Policy Advisor
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James
Crown

Businessperson and Campaign Fundraiser
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Bobby
Rush

Member of Congress
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Emil
Jones

Illinois State Senator
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Andrea
Mokros

White House Staffer
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Shaun
Donovan

HUD Secretary and OMB Director
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Cleopatra
Cowley

Advocate Against Gun Violence
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Charles
Kupchan

Foreign Policy Official
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Jay
Carney

Press Secretary
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Fatou
Ba Ndiour

Development Professional
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Rick
Wade

Economic Policy Advisor
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Otis
Moss III

Pastor and Theologian
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Michael
Froman

US Trade Representative
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Jennifer
Simon

East Wing Policy Advisor
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Terrence
Wise

Minimum Wage Activist
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Anna Deavere
Smith

Actress and Playwright
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Noah
McQueen

My Brother's Keeper Participant
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Neil
Abercrombie

Governor of Hawaii
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Otis
Moss Jr.

Pastor and Civil Rights Activist
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Michael
Minor

Pastor and Healthcare Advocate
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Maya
Soetoro-Ng

Sister of President Obama
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Lori
Wallach

Trade Policy Advocate
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Valerie
Jarrett

Senior Advisor to the President
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Cody
Keenan

Speechwriter
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John
Hennessy

University President
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Vanita
Gupta

Assistant Attorney General
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Alan
Fitts

Trip Director for the First Lady
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Thomas
Tidwell

Chief of the US Forest Service
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Penny
Pritzker

Secretary of Commerce
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Shirley
Sherrod

Rural Development Official
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Charles
Bolden

NASA Administrator
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Elizabeth
Brown

White House Staff Secretary
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Joanna
Rosholm

Press Secretary to the First Lady
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Paulette
Aniskoff

Public Engagement Official
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Nancy-Ann
DeParle

White House Deputy Chief of Staff
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Tina
Tchen

Chief of Staff to the First Lady
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Ben
Rhodes

Speechwriter and Foreign Policy Official
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Danielle
Gray

Cabinet Secretary
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Wayne
Frederick

University President
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Melanie
Bahnke

Alaska Native and Arctic Issues Advocate
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Johnnie
Carson

Diplomat and Foreign Policy Official
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Tyler
Swanson

Voting Rights Activist
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Brittany
Packnett

Social Justice Activist
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Kēhaulani
Lum

Advocate for Indigenous Hawaiians
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Lauren
Vrazilek

Deputy Press Secretary to the First Lady
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Fiona
Reeves

Director of Presidential Correspondence
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Chuck
Freedman

Communications Professional
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Jeh
Johnson

Secretary of Homeland Security
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Martin
Nesbitt

Presidential Campaign Treasurer
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Gil
Kerlikowske

Drug Policy Official
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Jim
Messina

Political Advisor and Campaign Manager
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Ben
Jealous

Civil Rights Advocate
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Stuart Glauberman and Jerry Burris

Authors
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Eleanor
Kaye Wilson

Friend of the Obama Family
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Melissa
Winter

Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady
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Daniel
Shomon

Campaign Strategist and Political Aide
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Farhana
Khera

Civil Rights Advocate
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Susan
Sher

Chief of Staff to the First Lady

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