Reverend Watkins is a former aide to the first President George W. Bush during his time at the White House.

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When Labour came to power in 1945 Cripps made Mrs Castle his parliamentary aide, her first step on the ladder to power.

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"It was really hard to get this bill passed the first time, " said the aide.

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In January 1789 George Washington put quill to paper and, in consultation with aide David Humphreys, drafted his first inaugural address.

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An aide told McCain that his publisher had just sold the first foreign rights for the work, soon to be translated into Korean.

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Jake Malajacan , aide to Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado , who recently got his first star as a brigadier general.

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He worked as a White House aide under President Ronald Reagan, was ambassador to Singapore under the first President George Bush, and was a trade official under President George W Bush.

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The first charges for phone hacking itself came last week, as prosecutors charged a former aide to British Prime Minister David Cameron and a close confidant of media baron Rupert Murdoch, along with six others.

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For the first time Prince William was seen wearing the insignia for his new honorary appointment as Personal Aide-de-Camp to the Queen.

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