    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1997, Book II)]
    [October 23, 1997]
    [Page 1419]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on the Death of Ann Devroy
    October 23, 1997

        Hillary and I were deeply saddened to learn that Ann Devroy,
    longtime White House correspondent for the Washington Post, passed away
    earlier today.
        For more than a decade, no journalist dominated and defined the
    White House beat with the kind of skill, shrewd analysis, and gruff
    grace that Ann brought to her reporting. As the saying goes, she always
    knew how to afflict the comfortable--and she made more than one
    President squirm--but she did comfort the afflicted. When White Houses
    did not get a fair shake in the press, Ann would often be the first to
    set the record straight. And she always wrote and reported with the
    interests of her readers first in her heart, trying always to make the
    White House story easier for a citizen to grasp.
        Her friends in the press, her friends here at the White House, and
    all those who admired her tough but fair reporting will join me and
    Hillary in extending to Mark, Sarah, and Ann's family our deepest
    condolences.