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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 5, 2002

Vice President Names Assistant for Legislative Affairs
Vice President Cheney Names Candida Wolff to be Assistant to the Vice President for Legislative Affairs

Lewis  Libby,  Chief  of  Staff  to  Vice  President Cheney, announced that Candida  "Candi"  Wolff  was  named  Assistant  to  the  Vice President for Legislative  Affairs.   Wolff  is  serving  as  a  liaison between the Vice President  and  Congress  and  is  responsible for managing the legislative affairs office. Previously, Ms. Wolff served for a year as Deputy Assistant to  the  Vice  President  focusing on Senate legislative affairs. Ms. Wolff also  served as Deputy Senate Liaison for the Bush-Cheney Transition and as Policy Director for the 2000 Republican Platform Committee.

"Candi  has  brought  years  of  experience and a true understanding of the Congress to our office.  I have enjoyed working with Candi and look forward to  working  with  her in her new role as we enter an important legislative year," said Vice President Cheney.

"Candi  and  I have worked closely together when she worked on Capitol Hill and  over  the  past  year  as  part  of  the  Administration.   She brings knowledge,  enthusiasm, dedication, and significant institutional knowledge to  her  new  post.  I know our offices will continue to work as a seamless team,"  said  Nicholas E. Calio, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs.

Prior  to working for Vice President Cheney, Ms. Wolff spent eight years in the  Senate.    From  1996-2000  she served as Deputy Staff Director to the Senate  Republican  Policy  Committee.  Wolff  also  served  as Legislative Counsel  to  the  Senate  Steering  Committee  and as Tax Counsel to former Senator  Malcolm  Wallop  (R-WY).   Prior to working on Capitol Hill, Wolff spent  three  years as an associate in the Public Policy and Law section of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld, LLP.

Ms.  Wolff received her J.D. with high honors in 1989 from the National Law Center at George Washington University.  She graduated cum laude from Mount Holyoke  College  in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics and political  science.  Wolff is a member of both the Connecticut and District of Columbia Bars.

Ms. Wolff is married to Mark Roger Wolff and resides in Virginia with their two daughters, ages 4 and 2.

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