Obama White House speechwriter Cody Keenan reflected on key speeches crafted during 10 of the tensest days of the Obama presidency in June 2015, which included the mass shooting at Emanuel…
132 viewsHow has Barack Obama conducted his post-presidency years, and what impact does he continue to have on national political conversations as well as on how his administration is remembered? The…
291 viewsPresident Biden and first lady Jill Biden hosted the unveiling of the official White House portraits of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama. Former President Obama paid tribute to President Biden, saying,…
13,653 viewsFormer President Barack Obama,former first lady Michelle Obama, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D), and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot broke ground on the Obama Presidential Center in…
347 viewsWriter and producer Jack Cashill took a critical look at President Obama’s memoir and argued that the former president’s focus on race has divided the country. This event was held at the…
1,138 viewsJohn Stauffer talked about his book, Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. He compared the two men to the recently-inaugurated President Barack Obama. The…
309 viewsFormer President Barack Obama reflected on his life and political career. This virtual program was hosted by the Washington Post Live in Washington, D.C.
2,720 viewsFormer White House chiefs of staff to Presidents Clinton, George W. Bush, Obama, and Trump took part in a discussion with Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service…
383 viewsLiza Mundy and Krissah Thompson talked about the life and influence of first lady Michelle Obama and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. They talked about her family life and education, her support of her…
8,271 viewsAuthor David Maraniss talked about his tenth book, Barack Obama; The Story. For this project, the Washington Post associate editor and Pulitzer Prize-winner traveled across the world including to…
3,523 viewsViewers commented on Senate Republicans' probes of former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden.
1,301 viewsViewers commented on Senate Republicans' probes of former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden.
429 viewsPresidential rhetoric scholar Robert Rowland compared the speaking styles and effectiveness of Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama - and detailed what they shared in common. The Dole Institute…
526 viewsValerie Jarrett talked about her book, Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward, in which she recounted her career and journey to serve as former senior adviser to…
636 viewsNew York Times Magazine's Jeanne Marie Laskas discussed letters from Americans that President Obama received and responded to while in office. Several Office of Presidential Correspondence…
460 viewsTelephone lines and social media were open to take viewer calls and comments on former President Barack Obama’s previous-day speech yesterday at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.…
572 viewsFormer White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer discussed how media, politics, and the internet changed during the Obama presidency. He is in conversation with Alyssa Mastromonaco, former deputy…
578 viewsBen Rhodes, deputy national security advisor for President Obama, detailed his time in the White House.
1,253 viewsFormer White House adviser Ben Rhodes talked about significant political and policy decisions of the Obama Administration.
736 viewsKathleen Hicks, a former Defense Department official with the Obama Administration, was one of the featured speakers at the 2018 conference hosted by the Truman National Security Project and the Truman Center for…
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