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Giuliani Says Wife Could Go to Cabinet Meetings
Rudolf W. Giuliani says that if he were president, his wife would be permitted to attend cabinet meetings and advise him on federal policy, an unusually overt role in government decision-making for a first lady. Mr. Giuliani hopes that his wife will be as much of a part of his campaign as she desires. He also goes on to say that he could not have a better adviser. However he does recognize that this responsibility is ultimately his own.
This husband wife team is a reflection of other first ladies who have influenced their husbands in office, such as Abigail Adams and Eleanor Roosevelt. Both these significant women of the past were there as a support system to their husbands along the way and helped to alleviate much of the political pressure by establishing their own united front against the media. These intellectuals were displayed as equals to their husbands which is a theme that Americans still struggle with today.