The first tranche of interviews being made available does not include those of the former president, first lady or other major recognizable figures from the Obama era.
Instead, it is tightly focused on one issue that the researchers deemed vital to his presidency, a wonk’s feast of policy discussion rather than a broader look at Mr. Obama himself or his overall eight years in power.
As he sucked down his favorite Fiji water, Mr. Obama would tease scientists and engineers.
We don’t need to look at any more of those.”The focus on climate change in the first set of interviews also highlighted the larger trade-offs Mr. Obama made between competing priorities.
At one point as he was expending all of his influence to pass the Affordable Care Act, he ruefully explained his priorities to Mr. Chu.
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Obama, “, ”, I’m, Steven Chu, Steve, we’ve, We’ve, ruefully, Chu
Organizations:
“ Energy
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Fiji