We’re here to take care of the president and first lady. That’s our job. That’s our obligation.—Buddy Carter I don’t know if I was ever really afraid of dying . . . I was more afraid of actually losing the White House.—Claire Faulkner I was shaken like everyone else, but we still had a job to do here. . . . We had to press on.—Willie Murchison
The Executive Residence Staff Remember the White House on A TRAGIC DAY IN HISTORY September 11, 2001 d o n na h ayas h i s m i t h