doi:10.7916/kz7v-jg90Oral history interview with Tina Tchen, 2020Tchen, Tinaoral historiesmixed materialPresidents--United StatesRape in the military--Government policy--United StatesRape in universities and colleges--Government policy--United StatesFamilies of military personnel--Social conditions--Untied StatesReproductive health services--Law and legislation--United StatesWomen's health services--Law and legislation--United StatesPublic-private sector cooperation--United StatesTchen, TinaObama, BarackObama, Michelle, 1964-White House Council on Women and Girls (U.S.)Let Girls Learn (Program)United States. Office of the First LadyUnited StatesDon't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010Patient Protection and Affordable Care ActTina Tchen reflects on her relationships with Barack and Michelle Obama, and discusses her service as White House director of public engagement from 2009 to 2011, assistant to the president and chief of staff to First Lady Michelle Obama from 2011 to 2017, and executive director of the White House Council on Women and Girls from 2009 to 2017. Tchen shares memories from her work on the Obama 2008 presidential campaign, and speaks widely about major themes central to the Obama presidency. She provides details about notable issues and initiatives with which she was closely involved in each of her roles, including the structure and organization of the Office of Public Engagement (OPE); the administration's incorporation of public and constituency group engagement into its policy processes; the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell; the launch, interagency activities, and reception of the Council on Women and Girls; relations between the East and West Wings of the Obama White House; policy efforts focused on sexual assault in the military and on college campuses; Joining Forces and the East Wing's work with military families; Michelle Obama's international activities and the Let Girls Learn initiative; the development and launch of Civic Nation and the United State of Women; the use of public-private partnerships; and women's health and reproductive health provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Tchen also considers the evolution of Mrs. Obama's approach to the role of first lady across both terms of the Obama presidency, and describes the importance of the administration's connections with ordinary people