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I have known several presidents quite well, including my husband, and I worked closely with President George W. Bush and the White House then after 9/11, and I served with President Obama. I disagree with all three of those presidents on certain things.

I've had some wonderful times at the White House. I've been with Ford, Carter, Reagan, Clinton and Bush.

I've met a handful of presidents, from Jimmy Carter to Bill Clinton to George Bush to Barack Obama.

It has been my privilege on various occasions to converse with presidents of the United States and important men in other governments. At the close of each such occasion, I have reflected on the rewarding experience of standing with confidence in the presence of an acknowledged leader.

I worked in the Clinton administration.

I met senators, diplomats and the President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

I was in the trade field as White House fellow in the first Bush administration.

I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I've still been able to carry out my commitments to peace and human rights and environmental quality and freedom and democracy and so forth.

I'm a public servant. And I work for the American people.