1.   Before she was tapped for the top Labor post, Herman served as director of public liaison at the White House.

2.   But Maria Echaveste, the White House director of public liaison, said that aides were still puzzling over how best to get such a conversation started.

3.   Former Sen. Harris Wofford, D-Pa., and Alexis Herman, the White House director of public liaison, remain the leading candidates.

4.   He is head of a new Office of Strategic Affairs, the office of political affairs and the office of public liaison.

5.   Herman served as director of public liaison at the White House.

6.   Herman, who headed the White House office of public liaison before becoming labor secretary, is not the first cabinet officer to be ensnared by the statute.

7.   Herman was the White House public liaison before becoming labor secretary last year.

8.   Lockhart said that the list was passed on to Kate Smith Carr, who worked for Ms. Herman in the public liaison office.

9.   Officials said Clinton was still weighing various candidates, including former Sen. Harris Wofford of Pennsylvania and Alexis M. Herman, the White House director of public liaison.

10.   Rove will oversee the office of political affairs, the office of public liaison and the office of strategic initiatives.