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Almost all first ladies have had tremendous power on personnel issues, whether the public realized it or not, whether it was Barbara Bush or Nancy Reagan or whoever.

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Dee Dee Myers
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: September 1
Former White House Press Secretary
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