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Virginia Policy Review

Ep. 4 - Chris Lu, Senior Fellow at UVA's Miller Center

VPR's Editor-in-Chief Jack DiMatteo and Associate Editor Alexandre Fall sit down with Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44), Senior Fellow at UVA's Miller Center. Previously, Lu worked in the office of then-Senator Barack Obama, before eventually leading the Obama-Biden transition team. He then served in the Obama Administration as White House Cabinet Secretary before ultimately becoming Deputy Secretary of Labor in 2014. The conversation touches on Lu's education, government service, the 2020 elections, and the political and policy landscape, among other things.
Chris Lu
MSNBC

Elizabeth Warren launches 2020 presidential campaign

MSNBC’s Kendis Gibson discusses Elizabeth Warren’s presidential announcement with MSNBC Senior Politics Editor Beth Fouhy, Republican strategist Noelle Nikpour, and Chris Lu, former assistant to President Obama.
Chris Lu
NBC29

UVA Hosts Expert on Healthcare at Miller Center

The case for universal health care was laid out on Friday by a policy expert at the University of Virginia. People gathered at the Miller Center to learn more about an issue that is central to our health and finances. An expert on policy researching shared some ways he thinks could help the problem.
Guian McKee
TIME

Donald Trump is Facing a Dilemma That Could Define His Presidency

Other Presidents have pivoted to the center after midterm-election losses. When President Bill Clinton’s party lost the House during his second year in office, Clinton “revised his approach to governing,” says Russell Riley, co-chair of the presidential oral-history program at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. Clinton worked with then House Speaker Newt Gingrich on sweeping welfare reform and a balanced budget–issues Clinton then successfully ran on in his 1996 re-election campaign.
Russell Riley
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President Trump delivers State of the Union

Former President George H.W. Bush speechwriter Mary Kate Cary and former President Obama speechwriter Stephen Krupin talked about the preparation that goes into a president delivering the State of the Union address.
Mary Kate Cary