HARRIET 4 JUSTICE.(Harriet Miers)

Publication: The New Yorker

Publication Date: 24-OCT-05

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Last week in this space, readers learned about a feature on the official White House Web site titled Ask the White House, an "online interactive forum where you can submit questions to Administration officials and friends of the White House." On four occasions in 2004, in her dual capacity as an Administration official and F.O.T.W.H., Harriet Miers sat at a keyboard and fielded questions from the public. How, for instance, did President Bush manage to play horseshoes with his Scottish terrier, Barney? (Harriet Miers: "Metal horseshoes are too heavy for Barney to lift, so he doesn't carry them around.") Also:

Karrin from OHIO writes: Where were you on September 11th and what did you do?

Harriet Miers: Karrin, I was traveling with the President on September 11, 2001. So I started out in Florida. I was the President's Staff Secretary at that point in...

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