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Deputy White House Chief of Staff

On the entry for Karl Rove there is a box showing her as the previous Deputy White House Chief of Staff. There should be similar box here, with her predecessor, and Rove as her successor. --grr 08:24, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Resignation Errata

I believe this:

"As of January 4th, 2006, she has submitted her resignation from the position"

Should be changed to: January 4th, 2007 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.207.165.23 (talk) 19:28, 4 January 2007 (UTC).

Why don't you just change it then?Mowens35 19:30, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Miers involved in the '06-'07 U.S. Attorney firing scandal

This is a widening scandal, but there is now email evidence that Miers suggested, in 2005, that the Attorney General, via the White House, remove and replace all 97 U.S. Attorneys. They didn't heed her adice, but did fire 8 U.S. Attorneys, all Democrats, all with positive job evaluations, and replaced them without Congressional confrimation.

Here's the link:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/12/AR2007031201818_pf.html

::This text is from the NY Times 3/13/07 article "‘Mistakes’ Made on Prosecutors, Gonzales Says" By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and JEFF ZELENY.

::Congressional Democrats, who are investigating whether the White House was meddling in Justice Department affairs for political reasons, demanded that President Bush and his chief political adviser, Karl Rove, explain their roles in the dismissals.

::With Mr. Bush traveling in Mexico, 'the White House insisted that the president’s role had been minimal and laid the blame primarily on Harriet E. Miers, who was White House counsel when the prosecutors lost their jobs and who stepped down in January.

::“The White House did not play a specific role in the list of the seven U.S. attorneys,” said Dan Bartlett, Mr. Bush’s counselor, referring to a Justice Department roster of those to be dismissed. But he said the White House, through Ms. Miers’s office, ultimately “signed off on the list.”

and now it looks like the white house is retreating from this position:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/16/AR2007031601046.html

"The White House retreated today from its claim that former counsel Harriet E. Miers first came up with the idea of firing U.S. attorneys, another apparent shift in the Bush administration's evolving version of events behind the controversy."

Slarson 22:40, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Pronunciation

Is it like "meers" or "meyers"? --AW (talk) 21:16, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

:Reportedly the latter, like "Myers", with a long English I.

:--UnicornTapestry (talk) 06:48, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Opening line

The opening line reads

: Harriet Ellan Miers (born 10 August 1945) is an American lawyer and former White House Counsel. On 4 January 2007, she submitted her resignation from the position of White House Counsel, effective 31 January 2007.

While I grant there's an odd irony, the opening paragraph makes it sound as if her crowning achievement is her resignation. Can't we do better than that?

(BTW, for this section, I added the year to a date where it wasn't clear and used international dates, because the article may be of international interest.)

--UnicornTapestry (talk) 06:53, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Missing section

There is no information to whether she is married, single, or divorced. Is she a lesbian? Or a single mother? User F203 (talk) 16:40, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Assessment comment

{{Substituted comment|length=711|lastedit=20070114112414|comment=Hello. Article looks very nice. The prose for the most part has citations and sources. I rated the article B because it appears to meet the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography#WikiProject_Biography_11_easy_steps_to_producing_at_least_a_B_article requirements]. You might look at an FA or another article to see how a Notes or References section can be done without external links inline. Different editors have different preferences for citations (I use something like this). Best wishes. -Susanlesch 04:53, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

:I agree with the rating. Avoid the external jumps.--Yannismarou 11:24, 14 January 2007 (UTC)}}

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