that had always appealed to him and that
his mentors had done and encouraged over
the years. He continues, “Plus I was a fan
of George W. Bush in particular and had
done volunteer work for his campaign in
2000.” One of Ullyot’s most vivid memories
of Bush was when the president would
visit the families of fallen soldiers. “He
didn’t put it on his press calendar or talk
about it [publicly], but he held [that] these
were brave Americans who had made an
amazing sacrifice, and it was appropriate
and right for the president to spend time
with their families,” Ullyot says. “He’d come
out clearly moved.”
His White House position was similar to
his Facebook job, he says, in this manner:
“You don’t have time to do a to-do list
because so much stuff is flying in.” As
deputy staff secretary, Ullyot or the staff
secretary were the go-betweens for any
piece of paper—a bill to be signed, a
speech, a treaty, an executive order, a cable
from a foreign leader, a decision memo,
anything—that went to the president. He
had to make sure it was completely ready
to be signed to become law then and there.
He had to be able to answer any and all
questions the president might have about
the substance of the document. And he
had to double-check that a document
was free of typos and think through all
angles so that a document wouldn’t create
unintended problems, like alienating a
member of Congress.
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